dby - Amos:7:1-9

dby@Amos:7:1 @ Thus did the Lord Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.

dby@Amos:7:2 @ And it came to pass, when they had wholly eaten the grass of the land, that I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

dby@Amos:7:3 @ Jehovah repented for this: It shall not be, said Jehovah.

dby@Amos:7:4 @ Thus did the Lord Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and ate up the inheritance.

dby@Amos:7:5 @ Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

dby@Amos:7:6 @ Jehovah repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord Jehovah.

dby@Amos:7:7 @ Thus did he shew unto me; and behold, the Lord stood upon a wall [made] by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.

dby@Amos:7:8 @ And Jehovah said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumb-line. And the Lord said, Behold, I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more.

dby@Amos:7:9 @ And the high places of Isaac shall be desolated, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will arise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.