Amos 7
7
1 Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s harvest. 2When they finished eating the grass of the land, then I said, “Lord GOD, forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
3 The LORD relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says the LORD.
4 Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD called for judgement by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land. 5Then I said, “Lord GOD, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
6 The LORD relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord GOD.
7 Thus he showed me: behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. 8The LORD said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”
I said, “A plumb line.”
Then the Lord said, “Behold, I will set a plumb line in the middle of my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more. 9The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the middle of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. 11For Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’”
12Amaziah also said to Amos, “You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there, 13but don’t prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house!”
14 Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son, but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs; 15and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ 16Now therefore listen to the LORD’s word: ‘You say, Don’t prophesy against Israel, and don’t preach against the house of Isaac.’ 17Therefore the LORD says: ‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’”
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Amos 7
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First Vision: Locusts
1The Lord God showed me this: He was forming a swarm of locusts#Ex 10:12–15; Dt 28:38,42; Jl 1:4 at the time the spring crop first began to sprout — after the cutting of the king’s hay. 2When the locusts finished eating the vegetation of the land,#Ex 10:15 I said, “Lord God, please forgive!#Jr 14:7,20–21; Ezk 9:8; 11:13 How will Jacob survive since he is so small?” #Is 37:4; Jr 42:2
3The Lord relented concerning this.#Jr 26:19; Hs 11:8 “It will not happen,” he said.
Second Vision: Fire
4The Lord God showed me this: The Lord God was calling for a judgment by fire.#Am 1:3–2:5 It consumed the great deep and devoured the land. 5Then I said, “Lord God, please stop!#Ps 85:4; Jl 2:17 How will Jacob survive since he is so small?”
6The Lord relented concerning this.#Ps 106:45; Jnh 3:10 “This will not happen either,” said the Lord God.
Third Vision: A Plumb Line
7He showed me this: The Lord was standing there by a vertical wall with a plumb line in his hand. 8The Lord asked me, “What do you see, Amos?” #Jr 1:11; Am 8:2
I replied, “A plumb line.”
Then the Lord said, “I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel;#Is 28:17; 34:11; Lm 2:8 I will no longer spare them:#Am 8:2
9Isaac’s high places#2Kg 17:9–13; Hs 10:8 will be deserted,
and Israel’s sanctuaries will be in ruins;#Lv 26:31; Is 63:18; Jr 51:51
I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam
with a sword.”
Amaziah’s Opposition
10Amaziah the priest#1Kg 12:31–32; 13:33 of Bethel sent word to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you#Jr 26:8–11; 38:4 right here in the house of Israel. The land cannot endure all his words, 11for Amos has said this: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will certainly go into exile from its homeland.’”#Am 5:27
12Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer!#Mt 8:34 Flee to the land of Judah. Earn your living#7:12 Lit Eat bread and give your prophecies there, 13but don’t ever prophesy#Am 2:12; Ac 4:18 at Bethel again, for it is the king’s sanctuary#1Kg 12:29; Am 7:9 and a royal temple.”
14So Amos answered Amaziah, “I was#7:14 Or am not a prophet or the son of a prophet;#7:14 = a prophet’s disciple or a member of a prophetic guild#2Kg 2:3; 4:38; 2Ch 19:2 rather, I was#7:14 Or am a herdsman,#Am 1:1 and I took care of sycamore figs. 15But the Lord took me from following the flock#2Sm 7:8 and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’”#Jr 1:7; Ezk 2:3–4
16Now hear the word of the Lord. You say:
Do not prophesy#Am 2:12 against Israel;
do not preach#Mc 2:6 against the house of Isaac.
17Therefore, this is what the Lord says:
Your wife will be a prostitute in the city,#Hs 4:13–14
your sons and daughters will fall by the sword,#Jr 14:16
and your land will be divided up
with a measuring line.
You yourself will die on pagan#7:17 Lit unclean soil,#2Kg 17:6; Ezk 4:13; Hs 9:3
and Israel will certainly go into exile#Jr 36:29–31
from its homeland.
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