Amos 7:1-13 ▼

1 The sovereign LORD showed me this: I saw him making locusts just as the crops planted late were beginning to sprout. (The crops planted late sprout after the royal harvest.)

2 When they had completely consumed the earth's vegetation, I said, |Sovereign LORD, forgive Israel! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!|

3 The LORD decided not to do this. |It will not happen,| the LORD said.

4 The sovereign LORD showed me this: I saw the sovereign LORD summoning a shower of fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields.

5 I said, |Sovereign LORD, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!|

6 The LORD decided not to do this. The sovereign LORD said, |This will not happen either.|

7 He showed me this: I saw the sovereign One standing by a tin wall holding tin in his hand.

8 The LORD said to me, |What do you see, Amos?| I said, |Tin.| The sovereign One then said, |Look, I am about to place tin among my people Israel. I will no longer overlook their sin.

9 Isaac's centers of worship will become desolate; Israel's holy places will be in ruins. I will attack Jeroboam's dynasty with the sword.|

10 Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent this message to King Jeroboam of Israel: |Amos is conspiring against you in the very heart of the kingdom of Israel! The land cannot endure all his prophecies.

11 As a matter of fact, Amos is saying this: 'Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly be carried into exile away from its land.'|

12 Amaziah then said to Amos, |Leave, you visionary! Run away to the land of Judah! Earn your living and prophesy there!

13 Don't prophesy at Bethel any longer, for a royal temple and palace are here!|