Amos 7:1-11 ▼

1 Thus the Lord YHWH showed me: And behold, he is forming locusts at the beginning of the coming up of the latter growth, and behold, the late crop after the mowings of the king.

2 And it came to pass, when it had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said, “Lord YHWH, forgive, please! How can Jacob arise, for he is small?”

3 YHWH relented concerning this: “It will not come to pass,” said YHWH.

4 Thus has the Lord YHWH shown me: And behold, the Lord YHWH was calling to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and it was devouring the portion.

5 And I said, “Lord YHWH, cease, please! How can Jacob arise, for he is small?”

6 YHWH relented concerning this: “It also will not come to pass,” said the Lord YHWH.

7 Thus He has shown me: And behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, and in His hand was a plumb line.

8 And YHWH said to me: “What are you seeing, Amos?” And I said, “A plumb line.” And the Lord said, “Behold, I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will not continue any longer to pass over him.

9 And the high places of Isaac will be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”

10 And 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 is not able to bear all his words.

11 For thus Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile away from his land!’”