KJV Easy Read Bible Vision of the Locusts1Thus has the Lord God showed to 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. Adonaip.f. Jehovahs.f. 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 beseech You: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. beg 3The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, says the Lord. grieved Vision of the Fire4Thus has the Lord God showed to me: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. strive, figuratively, to conduct a legal case; consumed 5Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech You: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. 6The Lord repented for this: This also shall not be, says the Lord God. Vision of the Plumb Line7Thus He showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand. Adonaip.f. 8And the Lord said to 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: 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. Amaziah’s Complaint10Then 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. endure 11For thus Amos says, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. 12Also Amaziah said to Amos, O you seer, go, flee you away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 13But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court. sanctuary; residence 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 sycamore fruit: wild figs 15And the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said to me, Go, prophesy to My people Israel. 16Now therefore hear you the word of the Lord: You say, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not your word against the house of Isaac. 17Therefore thus says the Lord; Your wife shall be a 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 shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land. unclean The Trusted King James in an Easy Read Format® is a registered trademarks of Whitaker Corporation. KJVERTM, Word of GodTM, Red Letter OldTM, Old Testament Direct Words of God in RedTM, King James Version Sword BibleTM, and SwordKJVTM are trademarked slogans of Whitaker Corporation. |
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