Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
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 Amo 7:1 |
Thus the Lord [fn]GOD showed me, and behold, He was forming a locust-swarm [fn]when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king's [fn]mowing. |
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Amo 7:2 |
And it came about, [fn]when it had finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said, "Lord GOD, please pardon! [fn]How can Jacob stand, For he is small?" |
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Amo 7:3 |
The LORD [fn]changed His mind about this. "It shall not be," said the LORD. |
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Amo 7:4 |
Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, the Lord GOD was calling to contend with them by fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the [fn]farm land. |
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Amo 7:5 |
Then I said, "Lord GOD, please stop! How can Jacob stand, for he is small?" |
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Amo 7:6 |
The LORD [fn]changed His mind about this. "This too shall not be," said the Lord GOD. |
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Amo 7:7 |
Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing [fn]by a [fn]vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand. |
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Amo 7:8 |
The LORD said to me, "What do you see, Amos?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold I am about to put a plumb line In the midst of My people Israel. I will [fn]spare them no longer. |
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Amo 7:9 |
"The high places of Isaac will be desolated And the sanctuaries of Israel laid waste. Then I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword." |
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Amo 7:10 |
Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words. |
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Amo 7:11 |
"For thus Amos says, 'Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.'" |
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Amo 7:12 |
Then Amaziah said to Amos, "Go, you seer, flee away to the land of Judah and there eat bread and there do your prophesying! |
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Amo 7:13 |
"But no longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a sanctuary of the king and a royal [fn]residence." |
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Amo 7:14 |
Then Amos replied to Amaziah, "I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a [fn]grower of sycamore figs. |
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Amo 7:15 |
"But the LORD took me from [fn]following the flock and the LORD said to me, 'Go prophesy to My people Israel.' |
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Amo 7:16 |
"Now hear the word of the LORD: you are saying, 'You shall not prophesy against Israel nor shall you [fn]speak against the house of Isaac.' |
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Amo 7:17 |
"Therefore, thus says the LORD, 'Your wife will become a harlot in the city, your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line and you yourself will die [fn]upon unclean soil. Moreover, Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.'" |
NASB Footnotes:
- (7:1) Hebrew: YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the chapter
- (7:1) Literally: at the beginning of the coming up of
- (7:1) Or, shearings
- (7:2) Literally: if
- (7:2) Literally: As who
- (7:3) Or, relented
- (7:4) Literally: portion
- (7:6) Or, relented
- (7:7) Or, upon
- (7:7) Literally: wall of a plumb line
- (7:8) Literally: pass him by
- (7:13) Literally: house
- (7:14) Or, nipper
- (7:15) Literally: behind
- (7:16) Literally: flow
- (7:17) Or, in an unclean land
