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Amos 7

17 aligned verses; 17 with wording or punctuation differences .

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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;
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 .
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 ?'
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 .
Jehovah hath repented of this , ` It shall not be, ' said Jehovah .
The LORD repented for this : It shall not be, saith the LORD .
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:
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.
` Lord Jehovah , cease, I pray Thee , How doth Jacob arise -- for he ` is ' small ?'
Then said I, O Lord GOD , cease, I beseech thee : by whom shall Jacob arise ? for he is small .
Jehovah hath repented of this , `It also shall not be, ' said the Lord Jehovah .
The LORD repented for this : This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD .
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;
Thus he shewed me : and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by a plumbline , with a plumbline in his hand .
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.
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 :
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. '
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.
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 ,
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 .
for thus said Amos : By sword die doth Jeroboam , And Israel certainly removeth from off its land. '
For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
And Amaziah saith unto Amos, ` Seer, go flee for thee unto the land of Judah, and eat there bread, and there thou dost prophesy ;
Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go , flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
and `at' Beth-El do not add to prophesy any more , for it ` is ' the king's sanctuary , and it ` is ' the royal house . '
But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel , and it is the king's court .
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,
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:
and Jehovah taketh me from after the flock, and Jehovah saith unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Israel.
And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
And now , hear a word of Jehovah : thou art saying , Do not prophesy against Israel, nor drop `any thing' against the house of Isaac ,
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 .
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. '
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.

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