jps - Amos:7:1-9

jps@Amos:7:1 @ Thus the Lord GOD 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.

jps@Amos:7:2 @ And if it had come to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land--so I said: O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech Thee; how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

jps@Amos:7:3 @ The LORD repented concerning this; 'It shall not be', saith the LORD.

jps@Amos:7:4 @ Thus the Lord GOD showed me; and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.

jps@Amos:7:5 @ Then said I: O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech Thee; how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

jps@Amos:7:6 @ The LORD repented concerning this; 'This also shall not be', saith the Lord GOD.

jps@Amos:7:7 @ Thus He showed me; and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in His hand.

jps@Amos:7:8 @ And the LORD said unto me: 'Amos, what seest thou?' And I said: 'A plumbline.' Then said the Lord: Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of My people Israel; I will not again pardon them any more;

jps@Amos:7:9 @ 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.