Amos 7:1-8 ▼

1 Thus hath the Lorde God shewed vnto mee, and beholde, he formed grashoppers in the beginning of ye shooting vp of the latter grouth: and loe, it was in the latter grouth after the Kings mowing.

2 And when they had made an ende of eating the grasse of the land, then I saide, O Lorde God, spare, I beseeche thee: who shal raise vp Iaakob? for he is small.

3 So the Lord repented for this. It shal not be, saith the Lord.

4 Thus also hath the Lord God shewed vnto me, and behold, the Lord God called to iudgement by fire, and it deuoured the great deepe, and did eate vp a part.

5 Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseeche thee: who shal raise vp Iaakob? for he is small.

6 So the Lord repented for this. This also shal not be, saith the Lord God.

7 Thus againe he shewed me, and behold, the Lord stoode vpon a wall made by line with a line in his hand.

8 And the Lorde saide vnto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A line. Then said the Lord, Beholde, I wil set a line in the middes of my people Israel, and wil passe by them no more.