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Amos 7

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Amos 7 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

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.

ASV: 1ASV

Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.

WEB: 2WEB

When 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.”

ASV: 2ASV

And it came to pass that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

WEB: 3WEB

The LORD relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says the LORD.

ASV: 3ASV

Jehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith Jehovah.

WEB: 4WEB

Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.

ASV: 4ASV

Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.

WEB: 5WEB

Then I said, “Lord GOD, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”

ASV: 5ASV

Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

WEB: 6WEB

The LORD relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord GOD.

ASV: 6ASV

Jehovah repented concerning this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord Jehovah.

WEB: 7WEB

Thus he showed me: behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.

ASV: 7ASV

Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.

WEB: 8WEB

The 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.

ASV: 8ASV

And Jehovah said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumb-line. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel; I will not again pass by them any more;

WEB: 9WEB

The 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.”

ASV: 9ASV

and the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

WEB: 10WEB

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.

ASV: 10ASV

Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

WEB: 11WEB

For Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’”

ASV: 11ASV

For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.

WEB: 12WEB

Amaziah also said to Amos, “You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there,

ASV: 12ASV

Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thou away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

WEB: 13WEB

but don’t prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house!”

ASV: 13ASV

but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house.

WEB: 14WEB

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;

ASV: 14ASV

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore-trees:

WEB: 15WEB

and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

ASV: 15ASV

and Jehovah took me from following the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

WEB: 16WEB

Now therefore listen to the LORD’s word: ‘You say, Don’t prophesy against Israel, and don’t preach against the house of Isaac.’

ASV: 16ASV

Now therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac;

WEB: 17WEB

Therefore 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.’”

ASV: 17ASV

therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou thyself shalt die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.