<h3>Locusts, Fire and a Plumb Line</h3>7 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts after the king’s share had been harvested and just as the late crops were coming up. 2 When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small! ” 3 So the Lord relented. “This will not happen,” the Lord said. 4 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: The Sovereign Lord was calling for judgment by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured the land. 5 Then I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small! ” 6 So the Lord relented. “This will not happen either,” the Sovereign Lord said. 7 This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb line in his hand. 8 And the Lord asked me, “What do you see, Amos? ”“A plumb line, ” I replied.Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer. <poetry> 9 <poetry>“The high places of Isaac will be destroyed <indent>and the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined;</indent> <indent>with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam. ”</indent></poetry> <h3>Amos and Amaziah</h3> 10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel: “Amos is raising a conspiracy against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words. 11 For this is what Amos is saying:<poetry>“‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, <indent>and Israel will surely go into exile, </indent> <indent>away from their native land.’” </indent></poetry> 12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there. 13 Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom. ” 14 Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. 15 But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ 16 Now then, hear the word of the Lord. You say,<poetry>“‘Do not prophesy against Israel, <indent>and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.’</indent></poetry> 17 “Therefore this is what the Lord says:<poetry>“‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, <indent>and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword.</indent> Your land will be measured and divided up, <indent>and you yourself will die in a pagan country.</indent> And Israel will surely go into exile, <indent>away from their native land. ’”</indent></poetry>

Amos 7:1

This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me:<cr>1</cr> He was preparing swarms of locusts<cr>2</cr> after the king’s share had been harvested and just as the late crops were coming up.

When they had stripped the land clean,<cr>1</cr> I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, forgive! How can Jacob survive?<cr>2</cr> He is so small!<cr>3</cr> ”

Amos 7:2

So the Lord relented.<cr>1</cr> <pb/>“This will not happen,” the Lord said.<cr>2</cr>

Amos 7:3

This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: The Sovereign Lord was calling for judgment by fire;<cr>1</cr> it dried up the great deep and devoured<cr>2</cr> the land.

Amos 7:4

Then I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!<cr>1</cr> ”

Amos 7:5

So the Lord relented.<cr>1</cr> <pb/>“This will not happen either,” the Sovereign Lord said.<cr>2</cr>

Amos 7:6

This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb,<ft>1</ft> with a plumb line<ft>2</ft> in his hand.

Amos 7:7

And the Lord asked me, “What do you see,<cr>1</cr> Amos?<cr>2</cr> ”<pb/>“A plumb line,<cr>3</cr> ” I replied.<pb/>Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.<cr>4</cr> <pb/><poetry>

Amos 7:8

“The high places<cr>1</cr> of Isaac will be destroyed <indent>and the sanctuaries<cr>2</cr> of Israel will be ruined;</indent> <indent>with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam.<cr>3</cr> ”</indent>

Amos 7:9

Amos 7:10

Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel<cr>1</cr> sent a message to Jeroboam<cr>2</cr> king of Israel: “Amos is raising a conspiracy<cr>3</cr> against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.<cr>4</cr>

For this is what Amos is saying:<pb/><poetry>“‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, <indent>and Israel will surely go into exile,<cr>1</cr> </indent> <indent>away from their native land.’”<cr>2</cr> </indent></poetry>

Amos 7:11

Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Get out, you seer!<cr>1</cr> Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.<cr>2</cr>

Amos 7:12

Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel,<cr>1</cr> because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple<cr>2</cr> of the kingdom.<cr>3</cr> ”

Amos 7:13

Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet<cr>1</cr> nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.<cr>2</cr>

Amos 7:14

But the Lord took me from tending the flock<cr>1</cr> and said to me, ‘Go,<cr>2</cr> prophesy<cr>3</cr> to my people Israel.’<cr>4</cr>

Amos 7:15

Now then, hear<cr>1</cr> the word of the Lord. You say,<pb/><poetry>“‘Do not prophesy against<cr>2</cr> Israel, <indent>and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.’</indent></poetry>

Amos 7:16

“Therefore this is what the Lord says:<pb/><poetry>“‘Your wife will become a prostitute<cr>1</cr> in the city, <indent>and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword.</indent> Your land will be measured and divided up, <indent>and you yourself will die in a pagan<ft>1</ft> country.</indent> And Israel will surely go into exile,<cr>2</cr> <indent>away from their native land.<cr>3</cr> ’”</indent></poetry>

Amos 7:17

 1 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me:   He was preparing swarms of locusts   after the king’s share had been harvested and just as the late crops were coming up. 2 When they had stripped the land clean,   I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, forgive! How can Jacob survive?   He is so small!  ” 3 So the Lord relented.   “This will not happen,” the Lord said.   4 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: The Sovereign Lord was calling for judgment by fire;   it dried up the great deep and devoured   the land. 5 Then I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!  ” 6 So the Lord relented.   “This will not happen either,” the Sovereign Lord said.   7 This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb,  with a plumb line  in his hand. 8 And the Lord asked me, “What do you see,   Amos?  ” “A plumb line,  ” I replied. Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.    9 “The high places   of Isaac will be destroyed and the sanctuaries   of Israel will be ruined; with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam.  ” 10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel   sent a message to Jeroboam   king of Israel: “Amos is raising a conspiracy   against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.   11 For this is what Amos is saying: “‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile,   away from their native land.’”   12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Get out, you seer!   Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.   13 Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel,   because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple   of the kingdom.  ” 14 Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet   nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.   15 But the Lord took me from tending the flock   and said to me, ‘Go,   prophesy   to my people Israel.’   16 Now then, hear   the word of the Lord. You say, “‘Do not prophesy against   Israel, and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.’ 17 “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 measured and divided up, and you yourself will die in a pagan  country. And Israel will surely go into exile,   away from their native land.  ’”

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