Amos · Revised Version with Apocrypha
Amos 7 Revised Version with Apocrypha
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1 Thus the Lord GOD shewed 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.
1 Thus the Lord Yahweh 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.
2 And it came to pass that when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
2 When they finished eating the grass of the land, then I said, “Lord Yahweh, forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
3 The LORD repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
3 Yahweh relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says Yahweh.
4 Thus the Lord GOD shewed me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.
4 Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: behold, the Lord Yahweh called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.
5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
5 Then I said, “Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
6 The LORD repented concerning this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
6 Yahweh relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord Yahweh.
7 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
7 Thus he showed me: behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel; I will not again pass by them any more:
8 Yahweh 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.
9 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.
9 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.”
10 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.
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.
11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.
11 For Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’”
12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
12 Amaziah also said to Amos, “You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there,
13 but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house.
13 but don’t prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house!”
14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a dresser of sycomore trees:
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;
15 and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
15 and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not [thy word ]against the house of Isaac;
16 Now therefore listen to Yahweh’s word: ‘You say, Don’t prophesy against Israel, and don’t preach against the house of Isaac.’
17 therefore thus saith the LORD: Thy wife shall be an 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.
17 Therefore Yahweh 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.’”
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
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences