Amos 7 (New American Standard Bible)

Amos 7

Warning Through Visions

 ¹Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, He was forming a ^(A)locust-swarm when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king's mowing.

 ²And it came about, when it had ^(B)finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said,
         "^(C)Lord GOD, please pardon!
         How can Jacob stand,
         For he is ^(D)small?"
    ³The LORD ^(E)changed His mind about this.
         "It shall not be," said the LORD.

 ⁴Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, the Lord GOD was calling to contend with them by ^(F)fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the farm land.

 ⁵Then I said,
         "^(G)Lord GOD, please stop!
         ^(H)How can Jacob stand, for he is small?"
    ⁶The LORD ^(I)changed His mind about this.
         "This too shall not be," said the Lord GOD.

 ⁷Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand.

 ⁸The LORD said to me, "^(J)What do you see, Amos?" And I said, "A plumb line " Then the Lord said,
         "Behold I am about to put a ^(K)plumb line
         In the midst of My people Israel
         I will ^(L)spare them no longer.
    ⁹"The ^(M)high places of Isaac will be desolated
         And the ^(N)sanctuaries of Israel laid waste
         Then I will ^(O)rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword."

Amos Accused, Answers

 ¹⁰Then Amaziah, the ^(P)priest of Bethel, sent word to ^(Q)Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has ^(R)conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words.

 ¹¹"For thus Amos says, 'Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.'"

 ¹²Then Amaziah said to Amos, "^(S)Go, you seer, flee away to the land of Judah and there eat bread and there do your prophesying!

 ¹³"But ^(T)no longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a ^(U)sanctuary of the king and a royal residence."

 ¹⁴Then Amos replied to Amaziah, "I am not a prophet, nor am I the ^(V)son of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs.

 ¹⁵"But the LORD took me from following the flock and the LORD said to me, 'Go ^(W)prophesy to My people Israel.'

 ¹⁶"Now hear the word of the LORD: you are saying, 'You ^(X)shall not prophesy against Israel ^(Y)nor shall you speak against the house of Isaac.'

 ¹⁷"Therefore, thus says the LORD, 'Your ^(Z)wife will become a harlot in the city, your ^(AA)sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line and you yourself will die upon ^(AB)unclean soil. Moreover, Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.'"