Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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
hath
the Lord Jehovah
shewed
me ,
and
lo,
He is
forming
locusts at
the beginning
of
the
ascending
of
the
latter
growth
, and
lo,
the latter
growth
`is'
after
the
mowings
of
the
king;
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
hath
come
to
pass,
when it
hath
finished
to
consume
the herb
of
the land, that
I say:
`
Lord Jehovah
, forgive ,
I
pray
Thee,
How doth
Jacob arise
--
for
he `
is '
small? '
So
the
LORD
relented
from
this plan.
“
It will
not happen
, ”
He
said.
Jehovah
hath
repented
of
this ,
`
It shall
not be
, '
said 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
hath
the Lord Jehovah
shewed
me ,
and
lo,
the Lord Jehovah
is
calling to
contend
by fire ,
and
it consumeth
the great deep ,
yea,
it
hath
consumed
the portion,
and
I
say:
Then
I
said,
“
Lord GOD
, please
stop!
How will
Jacob survive,
since
he is so
small? ”
`
Lord Jehovah
, cease,
I
pray
Thee,
How doth
Jacob arise
--
for
he `
is '
small? '
So
the
LORD
relented
from
this plan.
“
It will
not happen
either
, ”
said the Lord GOD
.
Jehovah
hath
repented
of
this ,
`
It also
shall
not be
, '
said 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
hath
He shewed
me, and
lo,
the Lord is
standing by a wall `made
according
to '
a plumb -
line ,
and
in His hand a
plumb-line;
“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
saith
unto
me
, `
What art
thou
seeing,
Amos
? '
And
I
say,
`
A plumb -
line ;'
and
the Lord saith:
`Lo
, I am setting a plumb -
line in
the
midst
of
My people Israel ,
I do
not
add
any
more
to
pass
over
to
it.
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
desolated
have
been
high places of Isaac, And sanctuaries of Israel are
wasted,
And I have
risen
against the house of Jeroboam with a
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,
And
Amaziah priest of Beth-El
sendeth
unto
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
said Amos
: By sword die
doth
Jeroboam
, And Israel certainly
removeth
from off
its
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 .
And Amaziah saith
unto
Amos, `
Seer ,
go
flee for
thee
unto
the land of Judah ,
and
eat
there bread,
and there thou
dost
prophesy;
But
never
prophesy
at Bethel
again
, because
it is the sanctuary of
the
king
and the
temple
of
the kingdom
. ”
and
`
at '
Beth-El
do
not
add
to
prophesy
any
more
, for
it `
is '
the king's
sanctuary ,
and it
`is'
the 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.
And
Amos answereth
and
saith
unto
Amaziah
, `
I `am'
no
prophet, nor
a
prophet's
son
`am'
I ,
but
a herdsman I
`am',
and a cultivator
of sycamores,
But
the
LORD
took
me from following
the flock and said
to
me, ‘
Go, prophesy to
My people Israel. ’
and
Jehovah
taketh
me from after
the flock ,
and Jehovah
saith
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 .’
And
now, hear a
word of Jehovah
: thou
art
saying,
Do not prophesy against Israel ,
nor
drop
`any
thing'
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
said
Jehovah
: Thy
wife in the city doth
go
a-whoring
, And thy
sons and thy
daughters by sword do
fall,
And
thy
land by line is
apportioned
, And thou
on an
unclean
land
diest,
And Israel certainly
removeth
from off
its
land
. '
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