Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
This
is
what
the Lord GOD
showed me: He was
preparing
swarms
of
locusts just
after
the king’s
harvest,
as
the late
spring
crop
was
coming
up.
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
.
And when the locusts
had
eaten
every
green
plant
in
the land, I said, “
Lord GOD
, please
forgive !
How will
Jacob survive,
since
he is so
small ?”
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 .
So
the
LORD
relented
from
this plan.
“
It will
not happen
, ”
He
said
.
Jehovah
repented
concerning
this :
It shall
not be
, saith
Jehovah
.
This
is
what
the Lord GOD
showed me: The Lord GOD
was
calling
for
judgment
by fire .
It consumed
the great deep and devoured
the land.
Thus
the Lord Jehovah
showed me: and,
behold,
the Lord Jehovah
called
to
content
by fire ;
and
it devoured
the great deep ,
and would
have
eaten
up
the land.
Then I
said, “
Lord GOD
, please
stop!
How will
Jacob survive,
since
he is so
small ?”
Then said I
, O
Lord Jehovah
, cease,
I
beseech
thee:
how shall
Jacob stand?
for
he is small .
So
the
LORD
relented
from
this plan.
“It
will
not happen
either
, ”
said
the Lord GOD
.
Jehovah
repented
concerning
this :
this
also
shall
not be
, saith
the Lord Jehovah
.
This
is
what
He showed me: Behold, the Lord was
standing
by
a wall true
to
plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.
Thus
he showed me: and,
behold, the Lord stood
beside
a wall made
by
a
plumb -line
, with a plumb -
line in his hand.
“
Amos, what do
you
see
? ”
asked
the
LORD.
“
A plumb line ,”
I
replied
. “Behold,”
said the Lord, “
I am
setting
a plumb line among
My people Israel; I will no
longer
spare
them :
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;
The high places of Isaac will
be deserted
, and the sanctuaries of Israel will
be laid waste; and I will rise up
against the house of Jeroboam with My
sword. ”
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.
Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel
sent word
to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “
Amos has
conspired against you
in the midst of the house of Israel .
The land cannot
bear all his words ,
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 .
for this
is
what
Amos has
said:
‘
Jeroboam will
die by the sword, and Israel will
surely go
into
exile,
away from
their
homeland
. ’”
For thus
Amos saith,
Jeroboam shall
die by the sword, and Israel shall
surely be
led
away captive
out
of
his
land
.
And
Amaziah said to
Amos, “
Go away
, you
seer!
Flee to
the land of Judah ;
earn
your
bread
there and do
your
prophesying
there .
Also
Amaziah said unto
Amos, O
thou
seer,
go, flee thou
away
into
the land of Judah ,
and
there eat
bread,
and prophesy
there :
But never
prophesy at
Bethel
again ,
because
it is the sanctuary of
the
king
and the
temple
of
the
kingdom
. ”
but prophesy not
again any
more
at
Beth-el;
for
it is the king's
sanctuary ,
and it
is
a
royal
house
.
“
I was not
a
prophet, ”
Amos
replied,
“nor
was I the
son
of
a prophet
; rather,
I was a herdsman and a tender
of sycamore
- fig
trees .
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 :
But
the
LORD
took me from following the flock and said to
me, ‘
Go, prophesy to
My people Israel. ’
and
Jehovah
took me from following the flock ,
and Jehovah
said unto
me, Go, prophesy unto
my people Israel.
Now ,
therefore ,
hear the word of the
LORD.
You
say
: ‘Do
not
prophesy against Israel ;
do
not preach
against the house of Isaac .’
Now therefore hear thou
the word of Jehovah
: Thou
sayest,
Prophesy not
against Israel ,
and
drop
not `thy
word'
against the house of Isaac ;
Therefore this
is
what
the
LORD
says
: ‘Your
wife will
become
a prostitute
in the city, and your
sons and daughters will
fall by the sword .
Your
land will
be divided by a
measuring
line ,
and you
yourself
will
die on
pagan
soil.
And Israel will
surely go
into
exile,
away from
their
homeland
. ’”
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
.
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