Amos 7 ASV

Amos 7:1 (ASV)
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Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.

Amos 7:2 (ASV)
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And it came to pass that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

Amos 7:3 (ASV)
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Jehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith Jehovah.

Amos 7:4 (ASV)
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Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called to content by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.

Amos 7:5 (ASV)
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Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

Amos 7:6 (ASV)
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Jehovah repented concerning this: this also shall not be, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Amos 7:7 (ASV)
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Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.

Amos 7:8 (ASV)
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And Jehovah said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And 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;

Amos 7:9 (ASV)
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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.

Amos 7:10 (ASV)
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Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

Amos 7:11 (ASV)
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For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.

Amos 7:12 (ASV)
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Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thou away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

Amos 7:13 (ASV)
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but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house.

Amos 7:14 (ASV)
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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 sycomore-trees:

Amos 7:15 (ASV)
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and Jehovah took me from following the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

Amos 7:16 (ASV)
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Now therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not `thy word' against the house of Isaac;

Amos 7:17 (ASV)
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therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou thyself shalt die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.