7:1 The Sovereign LORD showed me a vision. I saw him preparing to send a vast swarm of locusts over the land. This was after the king's share had been harvested from the fields and as the main crop was coming up.
The NLT Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 1 , The Sovereign LORD showed me a vision. I saw him preparing to send a vast swarm of locusts over the land. This was after the king's share had been harvested from the fields and as the main crop was coming up.
7:2 In my vision the locusts ate everything in sight that was green. Then I said, 'O Sovereign LORD, please forgive your people! Unless you relent, Israel will not survive, for we are only a small nation.'
The NLT Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 2 , In my vision the locusts ate everything in sight that was green. Then I said, 'O Sovereign LORD, please forgive your people! Unless you relent, Israel will not survive, for we are only a small nation.'
7:3 So the LORD relented and did not fulfill the vision. 'I won't do it,' he said.
The NLT Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 3 , So the LORD relented and did not fulfill the vision. 'I won't do it,' he said.
7:4 Then the Sovereign LORD showed me another vision. I saw him preparing to punish his people with a great fire. The fire had burned up the depths of the sea and was devouring the entire land.
The NLT Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 4 , Then the Sovereign LORD showed me another vision. I saw him preparing to punish his people with a great fire. The fire had burned up the depths of the sea and was devouring the entire land.
7:5 Then I said, 'O Sovereign LORD, please don't do it. Unless you relent, Israel will not survive, for we are only a small nation.'
The NLT Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 5 , Then I said, 'O Sovereign LORD, please don't do it. Unless you relent, Israel will not survive, for we are only a small nation.'
7:6 Then the LORD turned from this plan, too. 'I won't do that either,' said the Sovereign LORD.
The NLT Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 6 , Then the LORD turned from this plan, too. 'I won't do that either,' said the Sovereign LORD.
7:7 Then he showed me another vision. I saw the Lord standing beside a wall that had been built using a plumb line. He was checking it with a plumb line to see if it was straight.
The NLT Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 7 , Then he showed me another vision. I saw the Lord standing beside a wall that had been built using a plumb line. He was checking it with a plumb line to see if it was straight.
7:8 And the LORD said to me, 'Amos, what do you see?' I answered, 'A plumb line.' And the Lord replied, 'I will test my people with this plumb line. I will no longer ignore all their sins.
The NLT Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 8 , And the LORD said to me, 'Amos, what do you see?' I answered, 'A plumb line.' And the Lord replied, 'I will test my people with this plumb line. I will no longer ignore all their sins.
7:9 The pagan shrines of your ancestors and the temples of Israel will be destroyed, and I will bring the dynasty of King Jeroboam to a sudden end.'
The NLT Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 9 , The pagan shrines of your ancestors and the temples of Israel will be destroyed, and I will bring the dynasty of King Jeroboam to a sudden end.'
7:10 But when Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, heard what Amos was saying, he rushed a message to King Jeroboam: 'Amos is hatching a plot against you right here on your very doorstep! What he is saying is intolerable. It will lead to rebellion all across the land.
The NLT Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 10 , But when Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, heard what Amos was saying, he rushed a message to King Jeroboam: 'Amos is hatching a plot against you right here on your very doorstep! What he is saying is intolerable. It will lead to rebellion all across the land.
7:11 He is saying, `Jeroboam will soon be killed and the people of Israel will be sent away into exile.' '
The NLT Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 11 , He is saying, `Jeroboam will soon be killed and the people of Israel will be sent away into exile.' '
7:12 Then Amaziah sent orders to Amos: 'Get out of here, you seer! Go on back to the land of Judah and do your preaching there!
The NLT Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 12 , Then Amaziah sent orders to Amos: 'Get out of here, you seer! Go on back to the land of Judah and do your preaching there!
7:13 Don't bother us here in Bethel with your prophecies, especially not here where the royal sanctuary is!'
The NLT Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 13 , Don't bother us here in Bethel with your prophecies, especially not here where the royal sanctuary is!'
7:14 But Amos replied, 'I'm not one of your professional prophets. I certainly never trained to be one. I'm just a shepherd, and I take care of fig trees.
The NLT Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 14 , But Amos replied, 'I'm not one of your professional prophets. I certainly never trained to be one. I'm just a shepherd, and I take care of fig trees.
7:15 But the LORD called me away from my flock and told me, `Go and prophesy to my people in Israel.'
The NLT Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 15 , But the LORD called me away from my flock and told me, `Go and prophesy to my people in Israel.'
7:16 'Now then, listen to this message from the LORD! You say, `Don't prophesy against Israel. Stop preaching against my people.'
The NLT Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 16 , 'Now then, listen to this message from the LORD! You say, `Don't prophesy against Israel. Stop preaching against my people.'
7:17 But this is what the LORD says: Because you have refused to listen, your wife will become a prostitute in this city, and your sons and daughters will be killed. Your land will be divided up, and you yourself will die in a foreign land. And the people of Israel will certainly become captives in exile, far from their homeland.'
The NLT Book of Amos , Chapter 7 , Verse 17 , But this is what the LORD says: Because you have refused to listen, your wife will become a prostitute in this city, and your sons and daughters will be killed. Your land will be divided up, and you yourself will die in a foreign land. And the people of Israel will certainly become captives in exile, far from their homeland.'
