AMOS Chapter 7 (GNB)
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7:1
I had a vision from the Sovereign LORD. In it I saw him create a swarm of
locusts just after the king's share of the hay had been cut and the grass was
starting to grow again. |
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7:2
In my vision I saw the locusts eat up every green thing in the land, and then
I said, "Sovereign LORD, forgive your people! How can they survive? They
are so small and weak!" |
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7:3
The LORD changed his mind and said, "What you saw will not take
place." |
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7:4
I had another vision from the Sovereign LORD. In it I saw him preparing to
punish his people with fire. The fire burned up the great ocean under the
earth and started to burn up the land. |
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7:5
Then I said, "Stop, O Sovereign LORD! How can your people survive? They
are so small and weak!" |
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7:6
The LORD changed his mind again and said, "This will not take place
either." |
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7:7
I had another vision from the LORD. In it I saw him standing beside a wall
that had been built with the use of a plumb line, and there was a plumb line
in his hand. |
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7:8
He asked me, "Amos, what do you see?" "A plumb line," I
answered. Then he said, "I am using it to show that my people are like a
wall that is out of line. I will not change my mind again about punishing
them. |
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7:9
The places where Isaac's descendants worship will be destroyed. The holy
places of Israel will be left in ruins. I will bring the dynasty of King
Jeroboam to an end." |
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7:10
Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, then sent a report to King Jeroboam of Israel:
"Amos is plotting against you among the people. His speeches will
destroy the country. |
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7:11
This is what he says: 'Jeroboam will die in battle, and the people of Israel
will be taken away from their land into exile.' " |
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7:12
Amaziah then said to Amos, "That's enough, prophet! Go on back to Judah
and do your preaching there. Let them pay you for it. |
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7:13
Don't prophesy here at Bethel any more. This is the king's place of worship,
the national temple." |
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7:14
Amos answered, "I am not the kind of prophet who prophesies for pay. I
am a herdsman, and I take care of fig trees. |
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7:15
But the LORD took me from my work as a shepherd and ordered me to come and
prophesy to his people Israel. |
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7:16
So now listen to what the LORD says. You tell me to stop prophesying, to stop
raving against the people of Israel. |
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7:17
And so, Amaziah, the LORD says to you, 'Your wife will become a prostitute in
the city, and your children will be killed in war. Your land will be divided
up and given to others, and you yourself will die in a heathen country. And
the people of Israel will certainly be taken away from their own land into
exile.' " |
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