“1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed
grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth;
and, lo, [it was] the latter growth after the king’s mowings. 2 And it
came to pass, [that] when they had made an end of eating the grass of
the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom
shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small. 3 The LORD repented for this: It
shall not be, saith the LORD. 4 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me:
and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the
great deep, and did eat up a part. 5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I
beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small. 6 The LORD
repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD. 7 Thus he
shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall [made] by a plumbline,
with a plumbline in his hand. 8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what
seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will
set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass
by them any more: 9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and
the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against
the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
“10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel,
saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of
Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. 11 For thus Amos
saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led
away captive out of their own land. 12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O
thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat
bread, and prophesy there: 13 But prophesy not again any more at Bethel:
for it [is] the king’s chapel, and it [is] the king’s court. 14 Then
answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I [was] no prophet, neither [was] I
a prophet’s son; but I [was] an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore
fruit: 15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD
said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. 16 Now therefore hear
thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and
drop not [thy word] against the house of Isaac. 17 Therefore thus saith
the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy
daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by
line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go
into captivity forth of his land.” (Amos 7:1-17 AV)