1 Thus has the Lord God shown me; and, behold, a swarm of locusts coming from the east; and, behold, one caterpillar, King Gog. 2 And it came to pass when he had finished devouring the grass of the land, that I said, Lord God, be merciful; who shall raise up Jacob? for he is small in number. 3 Repent, O Lord, for this. And this shall not be, saith the Lord. 4 Thus has the Lord shown me; and, behold, the Lord called for judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and devoured the Lord’s portion. 5 Then I said, O Lord, cease, I pray thee: who shall raise up Jacob? for he is small in number. Repent, O Lord, for this. 6 This also shall not be, saith the Lord. 7 Thus the Lord showed me; and behold, he stood upon a wall of adamant, and in his hand [was] an adamant. 8 And the Lord said to me, What seest thou, Amos? And I said, An adamant. And the Lord said to me, Behold, I appoint an adamant in the midst of my people Israel: I will not pass by them anymore. 9 And the joyful altars shall be abolished, and the sacrifices of Israel shall be set aside; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. 10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos is forming conspiracies against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land will be utterly unable to bear all his words. 11 For thus says Amos, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall be led away captive from his land. 12 And Amaziah said to Amos, Go, seer, remove thou into the land of Judah, and live there, and thou shalt prophesy there: 13 but thou shalt no longer prophesy at Bethel: for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is the royal house. 14 And Amos answered, and said to Amaziah, I was not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet; but I was a herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruits. 15 And the Lord took me from the sheep, and the Lord said to me, Go, and prophesy to my people Israel. 16 And now hear the word of the Lord: Thou sayest, Prophesy not to Israel, and raise not a tumult against the house of Jacob. 17 Therefore thus saith the Lord; 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 measured with the line; and thou shalt die in an unclean land; and Israel shall be led captive out of his land. Thus has the Lord God shown me.
Amos · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Amos 7 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
People & places in this chapter
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Amaziah
The priest of Bethel who sent word to Jeroboam against Amos and told him to flee to Judah.
Cited in the guide: Amos 7:10; Amos 7:12; Amos 7:14
Amos
A sheep breeder from Tekoa whose words concerned Israel in the days of Uzziah and Jeroboam, whom Amaziah the priest told to go flee to Judah.
Cited in the guide: Amos 1:1; Amos 7:8; Amos 7:10
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joel 1:4; Amos 8:1; Nahum 3:15–17; Isaiah 33:4; Joel 2:25
- 2 Isaiah 37:4; Ezekiel 11:13; Exodus 10:15; Jeremiah 14:20–21; Jeremiah 42:2
- 3 Deuteronomy 32:36; Jonah 3:10; Hosea 11:8; Psalm 106:45; Amos 7:6
- 4 Amos 7:1; Isaiah 66:15–16; Amos 4:11; Amos 7:7; Exodus 9:23–24
- 5 Psalm 85:4; Amos 7:2–3; Joel 2:17; Isaiah 10:25; Jeremiah 30:19
- 6 Jeremiah 26:19; Amos 7:3; Judges 10:16; Jonah 4:2; Psalm 135:14
- 7 2 Kings 21:13; Isaiah 28:17; Revelation 21:15; Zechariah 2:1–2; Revelation 11:1
- 8 Amos 8:2; Lamentations 2:8; Jeremiah 15:6; Ezekiel 7:2–9; Isaiah 28:17
- 9 2 Kings 15:8–10; Genesis 46:1; Amos 5:5; Isaiah 63:18; Amos 8:14
- 10 Jeremiah 38:4; 1 Kings 12:31–32; Jeremiah 26:8–11; Matthew 21:23; Acts 24:5
- 11 Amos 6:7–8; 2 Kings 17:6; Psalm 56:5; Amos 7:9; Acts 6:14
- 12 1 Corinthians 2:14; Matthew 8:34; Isaiah 30:10; 1 Samuel 9:9; Romans 16:18
- 13 1 Kings 12:32; Amos 2:12; 1 Kings 12:29; 1 Kings 13:1; Acts 5:40
- 14 Amos 1:1; Zechariah 13:5; 2 Kings 4:38; 2 Kings 2:5; 1 Corinthians 1:27
- 15 2 Samuel 7:8; Ezekiel 2:3–4; Jeremiah 1:7; Psalm 78:70–72; Matthew 9:9
- 16 Ezekiel 20:46; Ezekiel 21:2; Micah 2:6; Jeremiah 28:15–17; Deuteronomy 32:2
- 17 Hosea 9:3; 2 Kings 17:6; Ezekiel 4:13; Jeremiah 28:16; Hosea 4:13–14
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