Amos 7

Warning Visions

1 Thus the Lord GOD showed me: Behold, He formed locust swarms at the 1 beginning of the late crop; indeed it was the late crop after the king's mowings.

2 And so it was, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said:
"O Lord GOD, forgive, I pray!
a Oh, 2 that Jacob may stand,
For he is small!" 3 So b the LORD relented concerning this.
"It shall not be," said the LORD.

4 Thus the Lord GOD showed me: Behold, the Lord GOD called 3 for conflict by fire, and it consumed the great deep and devoured the 4 territory.

5 Then I said:
"O Lord GOD, cease, I pray!
c Oh, that Jacob may stand,
For he is small!" 6 So the LORD relented concerning this.
"This also shall not be," said the Lord GOD.

7 Thus He showed me: Behold, the Lord stood on a wall made with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand.

8 And the LORD said to me, "Amos, what do you see?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said:
"Behold, d I am setting a plumb line
In the midst of My people Israel;
e I will not pass by them anymore. 9 f The 5 high places of Isaac shall be desolate,
And the 6 sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste.
g I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam."

Amos Accused

10 Then Amaziah the h priest of i Bethel sent to j Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to 7 bear all his words.

11 "For thus Amos has said:
'Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
And Israel shall surely be led away k captive
From their own land.' "

12 Then Amaziah said to Amos:
"Go, you seer!
Flee to the land of Judah.
There eat bread,
And there prophesy. 13 But l never again prophesy at Bethel,
m For it is the king's 8 sanctuary,
And it is the royal 9 residence."

14 Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah:
"I was no prophet,
Nor was I n a son of a prophet,
But I was a o sheepbreeder
And a tender of sycamore fruit. 15 Then the LORD took me 10 as I followed the flock,
And the LORD said to me,
'Go, p prophesy to My people Israel.'

16 Now therefore, hear the word of the LORD:
You say, 'Do not prophesy against Israel,
And q do not 11 spout against the house of Isaac.'

17 "Therefore r thus says the LORD:
s 'Your wife shall be a harlot in the city;
Your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword;
Your land shall be divided by survey line;
You shall die in a t defiled land;
And Israel shall surely be led away captive
From his own land.' "

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 51:19
    These two things have come to you; Who will be sorry for you? - Desolation and destruction, famine and sword - By whom will I comfort you?
  2. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:36
    For the LORD will judge His people And have com...
    Jeremiah 26:19
    "Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah ever ...
    Hosea 11:8
    How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand ...
    Amos 5:15
    Hate evil, love good; Establish justice in the ...
    Jonah 3:10
    Then God saw their works, that they turned from...
    James 5:16
    Confess your trespasses to one another, and pra...
  3. Cross References
    Amos 7:2
    And so it was, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said: "O Lord GOD, forgive, I pray! Oh, that Jacob may stand, For he is small!
    Amos 7:3
    So the LORD relented concerning this. "It shall not be," said the LORD.
  4. Cross References
    2 Kings 21:13
    And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
    Isaiah 28:17
    Also I will make justice the measuring line, And righteousness the plummet; The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters will overflow the hiding place.
    Isaiah 34:11
    But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it, Also the owl and the raven shall dwell in it. And He shall stretch out over it The line of confusion and the stones of emptiness.
    Lamentations 2:8
    The LORD has purposed to destroy The wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out a line; He has not withdrawn His hand from destroying; Therefore He has caused the rampart and wall to lament; They languished together.
  5. Cross References
    Micah 7:18
    Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 46:1
    So Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
    Hosea 10:8
    Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, Shall be destroyed. The thorn and thistle shall grow on their altars; They shall say to the mountains, "Cover us!" And to the hills, "Fall on us!
    Micah 1:5
    All this is for the transgression of Jacob And for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Are they not Jerusalem?
  7. Cross References
    2 Kings 15:8 - 10
    In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months.
    Amos 7:11
    "For thus Amos has said: 'Jeroboam shall die by the sword, And Israel shall surely be led away captive From their own land.'"
  8. Cross References
    1 Kings 12:31
    He made shrines on the high places, and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
    1 Kings 12:32
    Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. So he did at Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. And at Bethel he installed the priests of the high places which he had made.
    1 Kings 13:33
    After this event Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but again he made priests from every class of people for the high places; whoever wished, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
  9. Cross References
    1 Kings 13:32
    "For the saying which he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the shrines on the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, will surely come to pass."
    Amos 4:4
    Come to Bethel and transgress, At Gilgal multiply transgression; Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days.
  10. Cross References
    2 Kings 14:23
    In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years.
  11. Cross References
    Amos 5:27
    Therefore I will send you into captivity beyond Damascus," Says the LORD, whose name is the God of hosts.
    Amos 6:7
    Therefore they shall now go captive as the first of the captives, And those who recline at banquets shall be removed.
  12. Cross References
    Amos 2:12
    "But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, And commanded the prophets saying, 'Do not prophesy!'
    Acts 4:18
    So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
  13. Cross References
    1 Kings 12:29
    And he set up one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
    1 Kings 12:32
    Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. So he did at Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. And at Bethel he installed the priests of the high places which he had made.
    Amos 7:9
    The high places of Isaac shall be desolate, And the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste. I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam.
  14. Cross References
    1 Kings 20:35
    Now a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor by the word of the LORD, "Strike me, please." And the man refused to strike him.
    2 Kings 2:5
    Now the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came to Elisha and said to him, "Do you know that the LORD will take away your master from over you today?" So he answered, "Yes, I know; keep silent!
    2 Chronicles 19:2
    And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Therefore the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
  15. Cross References
    2 Kings 3:4
    Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheepbreeder, and he regularly paid the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and the wool of one hundred thousand rams.
    Amos 1:1
    The words of Amos, who was among the sheepbreeders of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
    Zechariah 13:5
    "But he will say, 'I am no prophet, I am a farmer; for a man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.'
  16. Cross References
    Amos 3:8
    A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who can but prophesy?
  17. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:2
    Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As raindrops on the tender herb, And as showers on the grass.
    Ezekiel 21:2
    Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, preach against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel.
    Micah 2:6
    Do not prattle," you say to those who prophesy. So they shall not prophesy to you; They shall not return insult for insult.
  18. Cross References
    Jeremiah 28:12
    Now the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying.
    Jeremiah 29:21
    Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in My name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes.
    Jeremiah 29:32
    Therefore thus says the LORD: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his family: he shall not have anyone to dwell among this people, nor shall he see the good that I will do for My people, says the LORD, because he has taught rebellion against the LORD.
  19. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:16
    Their children also will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished.
    Lamentations 5:11
    They ravished the women in Zion, The maidens in the cities of Judah.
    Hosea 4:13
    They offer sacrifices on the mountaintops, And burn incense on the hills, Under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, Because their shade is good. Therefore your daughters commit harlotry, And your brides commit adultery.
    Zechariah 14:2
    For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; The city shall be taken, The houses rifled, And the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity, But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
  20. Cross References
    2 Kings 17:6
    In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
    Ezekiel 4:13
    Then the LORD said, "So shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, where I will drive them.
    Hosea 9:3
    They shall not dwell in the LORD's land, But Ephraim shall return to Egypt, And shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
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