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Amos 7

  1. 1Thus has the Lord GOD showed 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.
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  2. 2And 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 plead to you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
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  3. 3The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, says the LORD.
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  4. 4Thus has the Lord GOD showed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
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  5. 5Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I plead to you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
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  6. 6The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, says the Lord GOD.
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  7. 7Thus he showed me: and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.
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  8. 8And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what see you? 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:
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  9. 9And 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.
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  10. 10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
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  11. 11For thus Amos says, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
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  12. 12Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O you seer, go, flee you away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
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  13. 13But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.
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  14. 14Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
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  15. 15And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
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  16. 16Now therefore hear you the word of the LORD: You says, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not your word against the house of Isaac.
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  17. 17Therefore thus says the LORD; Your wife shall be an harlot in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you shall die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity out of his land.
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