Book of Amos, Chapter 7
Amos 7 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 7 of Amos—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ Thus the Lord [a]GOD showed me, and behold, He was forming a 1locust-swarm [b]when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king’s [c]mowing.
- And it came about, [d]when it had 2finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said,
¶ “3Lord GOD, please pardon!
[e]How can Jacob stand,
For he is 4small?” - The LORD [f]5changed His mind about this.
“It shall not be,” said the LORD. - ¶ Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, the Lord GOD was calling to contend with them by 6fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the [g]farm land.
- Then I said,
¶ “7Lord GOD, please stop!
8How can Jacob stand, for he is small?” - The LORD [h]9changed His mind about this.
“This too shall not be,” said the Lord GOD. - ¶ Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing [i]by a [j]vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand.
- The LORD said to me, “10What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,
¶ “Behold I am about to put a 11plumb line
In the midst of My people Israel.
I will [k]12spare them no longer. - “The 13high places of Isaac will be desolated
And the 14sanctuaries of Israel laid waste.
Then I will 15rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.” - ¶ Then Amaziah, the 16priest of Bethel, sent word to 17Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has 18conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words.
- For thus Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”
- Then Amaziah said to Amos, “19Go, you seer, flee away to the land of Judah and there eat bread and there do your prophesying!
- But 20no longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a 21sanctuary of the king and a royal [l]residence.”
- ¶ Then Amos replied to Amaziah, “I am not a prophet, nor am I the 22son of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a [m]grower of sycamore figs.
- But the LORD took me from [n]following the flock and the LORD said to me, ‘Go 23prophesy to My people Israel.’
- Now hear the word of the LORD: you are saying, ‘You 24shall not prophesy against Israel 25nor shall you [o]speak against the house of Isaac.’
- Therefore, thus says the LORD, ‘Your 26wife will become a harlot in the city, your 27sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line and you yourself will die [p]upon 28unclean soil. Moreover, Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
- ^ Lit at the beginning of the coming up of
- ^ Or shearings
- ^ Lit if
- ^ Lit As who
- ^ Or relented
- ^ Lit portion
- ^ Or relented
- ^ Or upon
- ^ Lit wall of a plumb line
- ^ Lit pass him by
- ^ Lit house
- ^ Or nipper
- ^ Lit behind
- ^ Lit flow
- ^ Or in an unclean land
REFERENCES
- ^ Jl 1:4; Am 4:9; Na 3:15
- ^ Ex 10:15
- ^ Je 14:7, 20, 21; Eze 9:8; 11:13
- ^ Is 37:4; Je 42:2
- ^ De 32:36; Je 26:19; Ho 11:8; Am 5:15; Jon 3:10
- ^ De 32:22; Is 66:15, 16; Am 2:5
- ^ Ps 85:4; Jl 2:17
- ^ Am 7:2
- ^ Ps 106:45; Am 7:3; Jon 3:10
- ^ Je 1:11; Am 8:2
- ^ 2Ki 21:13; Is 28:17; 34:11; La 2:8
- ^ Je 15:6; Eze 7:4-9; Am 8:2
- ^ Ge 46:1; Ho 10:8; Mc 1:5
- ^ Le 26:31; Is 63:18; Je 51:51; Am 7:13
- ^ 2Ki 15:8-10; Am 7:11
- ^ 1Ki 12:31, 32; 13:33
- ^ 2Ki 14:23, 24
- ^ Je 26:8-11; 38:4
- ^ Mt 8:34
- ^ Am 2:12; Ac 4:18
- ^ 1Ki 12:29, 32; Am 7:9
- ^ 1Ki 20:35; 2Ki 2:3, 5; 4:38; 2Ch 19:2
- ^ Je 1:7; Eze 2:3, 4
- ^ Am 2:12; 7:13
- ^ De 32:2; Eze 20:46; 21:2
- ^ Ho 4:13, 14
- ^ Je 14:16
- ^ 2Ki 17:6; Eze 4:13; Ho 9:3
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