7:1 This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts after the king's share had been harvested and just as the second crop was coming up.
The NIV Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 1 , This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts after the king's share had been harvested and just as the second crop was coming up.
7:2 When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, 'Sovereign LORD, forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!'
The NIV Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 2 , When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, 'Sovereign LORD, forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!'
7:3 So the LORD relented. 'This will not happen,' the LORD said.
The NIV Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 3 , So the LORD relented. 'This will not happen,' the LORD said.
7:4 This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: The Sovereign LORD was calling for judgment by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured the land.
The NIV Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 4 , This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: The Sovereign LORD was calling for judgment by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured the land.
7:5 Then I cried out, 'Sovereign LORD, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!'
The NIV Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 5 , Then I cried out, 'Sovereign LORD, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!'
7:6 So the LORD relented. 'This will not happen either,' the Sovereign LORD said.
The NIV Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 6 , So the LORD relented. 'This will not happen either,' the Sovereign LORD said.
7:7 This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb line in his hand.
The NIV Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 7 , This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb line in his hand.
7:8 And the LORD asked me, 'What do you see, Amos?' 'A plumb line,' I replied. Then the Lord said, 'Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.
The NIV Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 8 , And the LORD asked me, 'What do you see, Amos?' 'A plumb line,' I replied. Then the Lord said, 'Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.
7:9 'The high places of Isaac will be destroyed and the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined; with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam.'
The NIV Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 9 , 'The high places of Isaac will be destroyed and the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined; with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam.'
7:10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel: 'Amos is raising a conspiracy against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.
The NIV Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 10 , Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel: 'Amos is raising a conspiracy against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.
7:11 For this is what Amos is saying: ''Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their native land.''
The NIV Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 11 , For this is what Amos is saying: ''Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their native land.''
7:12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, 'Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.
The NIV Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 12 , Then Amaziah said to Amos, 'Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.
7:13 Don't prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king's sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom.'
The NIV Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 13 , Don't prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king's sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom.'
7:14 Amos answered Amaziah, 'I was neither a prophet nor a prophet's son, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.
The NIV Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 14 , Amos answered Amaziah, 'I was neither a prophet nor a prophet's son, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.
7:15 But the LORD took me from tending the flock and said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'
The NIV Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 15 , But the LORD took me from tending the flock and said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'
7:16 Now then, hear the word of the LORD. You say, ''Do not prophesy against Israel, and stop preaching against the house of Isaac.'
The NIV Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 16 , Now then, hear the word of the LORD. You say, ''Do not prophesy against Israel, and stop preaching against the house of Isaac.'
7:17 'Therefore this is what the LORD says: ''Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be measured and divided up, and you yourself will die in a pagan country. And Israel will certainly go into exile, away from their native land.''
The NIV Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 17 , 'Therefore this is what the LORD says: ''Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be measured and divided up, and you yourself will die in a pagan country. And Israel will certainly go into exile, away from their native land.''
