[1] Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in the
beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, behold, it was the
latter growth after the king`s harvest. [2] It happened that, when they
made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, Lord Yahweh,
forgive, I beg you: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small. [3] Yahweh
repented concerning this: It shall not be, says Yahweh. [4] Thus the Lord
Yahweh showed me: and, behold, the Lord Yahweh called to content by fire;
and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land. [5] Then
said I, Lord Yahweh, cease, I beg you: how shall Jacob stand? for he is
small. [6] Yahweh repented concerning this: this also shall not be, says
the Lord Yahweh. [7] Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside
a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand. [8] Yahweh said
to me, Amos, what see you? I said, A plumb-line. Then said the Lord,
Behold, I will set a plumb-line 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 Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos has
conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not
able to bear all his words. [11] For thus Amos says, Jeroboam shall die by
the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.
[12] Also Amaziah said to Amos, you seer, go, flee you away into the land
of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: [13] but don`t prophesy
again any more at Bethel; for it is the king`s sanctuary, and it is a royal
house. [14] Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet,
neither was I a prophet`s son; but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of
sycamore-trees: [15] and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and
Yahweh said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel. [16] Now therefore
hear you the word of Yahweh: You say, Don`t prophesy against Israel, and
don`t drop [your word] against the house of Isaac; [17] therefore thus says
Yahweh: Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your
daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line;
and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall
surely be led away captive out of his land.
