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蝗灾的异象

主耶和华向我这样显示:看哪!替王收割之后,田产又开始生长时,主造出一群蝗虫。

蝗虫吃尽地上的农产时,我说:

“主耶和华啊!求你宽恕,

因雅各太弱小,

怎能站立得住呢?”

耶和华对这事改变心意,

耶和华说:“这事不会发生。”

火焰的异象

主耶和华向我这样显示:看哪!主耶和华召来刑罚的火,烧毁广大的深渊和以色列的地业。

因此我对主耶和华说:

“求你停止吧!

因雅各太弱小,怎能站立得住呢?”

耶和华对这事改变心意。

主耶和华说:“这事也不会发生。”

准绳的异象

他向我这样显示:看哪!主站在一道按准绳建造的墙旁边,手里拿着准绳。

耶和华对我说:“阿摩司,你看见甚么?”我回答:“我看见准绳。”主又说:“看哪!我把准绳放在我民以色列中间,必不再放过他们。

以撒的各邱坛必荒废,

以色列所有的圣所必废弃;

我必起来用刀击杀耶罗波安家。”

亚玛谢控告阿摩司

10 伯特利的祭司亚玛谢派人向以色列王耶罗波安报告:“阿摩司在以色列家中图谋背叛你,这国家不能容忍他说的话; 11 因为阿摩司这样说:

‘耶罗波安必死在刀下,

以色列必被掳,

离开本国。’”

12 亚玛谢对阿摩司说:“你这个先见,走吧!滚回犹大地去;在那里你可以找食,在那里你可以说预言。 13 但不要再在伯特利说预言,因为这里是王的圣所,是王国的圣殿。”

先知的见证与预言

14 阿摩司回答亚玛谢说:“我原不是先知,也不是先知的门徒;我本是牧人,是修理桑树的, 15 但耶和华选召我,叫我不再跟随羊群;他对我说:‘你去,向我民以色列说预言。’ 16 现在你要听耶和华的话;因为你说:

‘不要说预言攻击以色列,

不要说攻击以撒家的话。’

17 所以,耶和华这样说:

‘你妻子必在城中作妓女,你的儿女必倒在刀下;

你的土地必被人量度瓜分,你自己必死在不洁之地;

以色列必被掳,离开本国。’”

Locusts, Fire and a Plumb Line

This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me:(A) He was preparing swarms of locusts(B) after the king’s share had been harvested and just as the late crops were coming up. When they had stripped the land clean,(C) I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, forgive! How can Jacob survive?(D) He is so small!(E)

So the Lord relented.(F)

“This will not happen,” the Lord said.(G)

This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: The Sovereign Lord was calling for judgment by fire;(H) it dried up the great deep and devoured(I) the land. Then I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!(J)

So the Lord relented.(K)

“This will not happen either,” the Sovereign Lord said.(L)

This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb,[a] with a plumb line[b] in his hand. And the Lord asked me, “What do you see,(M) Amos?(N)

“A plumb line,(O)” I replied.

Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.(P)

“The high places(Q) of Isaac will be destroyed
    and the sanctuaries(R) of Israel will be ruined;
    with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam.(S)

Amos and Amaziah

10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel(T) sent a message to Jeroboam(U) king of Israel: “Amos is raising a conspiracy(V) against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.(W) 11 For this is what Amos is saying:

“‘Jeroboam will die by the sword,
    and Israel will surely go into exile,(X)
    away from their native land.’”(Y)

12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Get out, you seer!(Z) Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.(AA) 13 Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel,(AB) because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple(AC) of the kingdom.(AD)

14 Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet(AE) nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.(AF) 15 But the Lord took me from tending the flock(AG) and said to me, ‘Go,(AH) prophesy(AI) to my people Israel.’(AJ) 16 Now then, hear(AK) the word of the Lord. You say,

“‘Do not prophesy against(AL) Israel,
    and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.’

17 “Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“‘Your wife will become a prostitute(AM) in the city,
    and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword.
Your land will be measured and divided up,
    and you yourself will die in a pagan[c] country.
And Israel will surely go into exile,(AN)
    away from their native land.(AO)’”

Footnotes

  1. Amos 7:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  2. Amos 7:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain; also in verse 8.
  3. Amos 7:17 Hebrew an unclean

Vision of the Locusts

Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, He formed locust swarms at the [a]beginning of the late crop; indeed it was the late crop after the king’s mowings. And so it was, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said:

“O Lord God, forgive, I pray!
(A)Oh,[b] that Jacob may stand,
For he is small!”
So (B)the Lord relented concerning this.
“It shall not be,” said the Lord.

Vision of the Fire

Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, the Lord God called [c]for conflict by fire, and it consumed the great deep and devoured the [d]territory. Then I said:

“O Lord God, cease, I pray!
(C)Oh, that Jacob may stand,
For he is small!”
So the Lord relented concerning this.
“This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.

Vision of the Plumb Line

Thus He showed me: Behold, the Lord stood on a wall made with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand. And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”

And I said, “A plumb line.”

Then the Lord said:

“Behold, (D)I am setting a plumb line
In the midst of My people Israel;
(E)I will not pass by them anymore.
(F)The [e]high places of Isaac shall be desolate,
And the [f]sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste.
(G)I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam.”

Amaziah’s Complaint

10 Then Amaziah the (H)priest of (I)Bethel sent to (J)Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to [g]bear all his words. 11 For thus Amos has said:

‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
And Israel shall surely be led away (K)captive
From their own land.’ ”

12 Then Amaziah said to Amos:

“Go, you seer!
Flee to the land of Judah.
There eat bread,
And there prophesy.
13 But (L)never again prophesy at Bethel,
(M)For it is the king’s [h]sanctuary,
And it is the royal [i]residence.”

14 Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah:

“I was no prophet,
Nor was I (N)a son of a prophet,
But I was a (O)sheepbreeder
And a tender of sycamore fruit.
15 Then the Lord took me [j]as I followed the flock,
And the Lord said to me,
‘Go, (P)prophesy to My people Israel.’
16 Now therefore, hear the word of the Lord:
You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel,
And (Q)do not [k]spout against the house of Isaac.’

17 “Therefore(R) thus says the Lord:

(S)‘Your wife shall be a harlot in the city;
Your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword;
Your land shall be divided by survey line;
You shall die in a (T)defiled land;
And Israel shall surely be led away captive
From his own land.’ ”

Footnotes

  1. Amos 7:1 Lit. beginning of the sprouting of
  2. Amos 7:2 Or How shall Jacob stand
  3. Amos 7:4 to contend
  4. Amos 7:4 Lit. portion
  5. Amos 7:9 Places of pagan worship
  6. Amos 7:9 Or holy places
  7. Amos 7:10 Or endure
  8. Amos 7:13 Or holy place
  9. Amos 7:13 Lit. house
  10. Amos 7:15 Lit. from behind
  11. Amos 7:16 Lit. drip