7 Thus
hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers
in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it
was the latter growth after the king's mowings. 2 And
it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of
the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall
Jacob arise? for he is small. 3 The
LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. 4 Thus
hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to
contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. 5 Then
said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise?
for he is small. 6 The
LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD. 7 Thus
he shewed me: and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by a plumbline,
with a plumbline 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:
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. 10 Then
Amaziah the priest of Bethel 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. 11 For
thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely
be led away captive out of their own 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: 13 But
prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and
it is the king's court. 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 gatherer of sycomore fruit: 15 And
the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go,
prophesy unto 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. 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 shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely
go into captivity forth of his land.