The Prophet Amos

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- Chapter 7 -

(Joel 2:1–11)

This is what Lord Yahweh showed me. Look, he formed a locust swarm when the spring crop began to come up, and, look, it was the late crop after the king’s harvest.

When they finished eating the vegetation of the land, then I said, “Lord Yahweh, please forgive; how will Jacob survive? For he is so small.”

Yahweh relented concerning this. “It will not happen,” he said.

This is what Lord Yahweh showed me: Look, Lord Yahweh called on fire to judge. It dried the vast, deep water under the earth and would have devoured the land, also.

But I said, “Lord Yahweh, please stop; how will Jacob survive? For he is so small.”

Yahweh relented concerning this, “This also will not happen,” said Lord Yahweh.

This is what he showed me: Look, the Lord stood beside a wall, with a plumb line in his hand.

Yahweh said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “Look, I will put a plumb line among my people Israel. I will spare them no longer.

The high places of Isaac will be destroyed, the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam II with the sword.”

Amaziah Accuses Amos

Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent a message to Jeroboam II, king of Israel: “Amos has conspired against you in the middle of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.

For this is what Amos said, ’Jeroboam II will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile away from his land.’”

Amaziah said to Amos, “Seer, go, run back to the land of Judah, and there eat bread and prophesy.

But do not prophesy anymore here at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary and a royal house.”

Then Amos said to Amaziah, “I am not a prophet nor a prophet’s son. I am a herdsman, and I take care of sycamore fig trees.

But Yahweh took me from tending the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

Now hear the word of Yahweh. You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not speak against the house of Isaac.’

Therefore, this is what Yahweh says, ’Your wife will be a prostitute in the city; your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword; your land will be measured and divided up; you will die in an unclean land, and Israel will surely go into exile from his land.’”

(Joel 2:1–11)

Thus the Lord GOD showed me: 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.

When they finished eating the grass of the land, then I said, “Lord GOD, forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”

The LORD relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says the LORD.

Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.

Then I said, “Lord GOD, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”

The LORD relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord GOD.

Thus he showed me: behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.

The LORD said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “Behold, I will set a plumb line in the middle of my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.

The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”

Amaziah Accuses Amos

Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the middle of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.

For Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’”

Amaziah also said to Amos, “You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there,

but don’t prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house!”

Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son, but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;

and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

Now therefore listen to the LORD’s word: ‘You say, Don’t prophesy against Israel, and don’t preach against the house of Isaac.’

Therefore the LORD says: ‘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.’”