Amos:7
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Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me ;
and ,
behold ,
he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth ;
and ,
lo ,
it was the latter growth after the king '
s mowings .
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And it came to pass ,
that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land ,
then I said ,
O Lord GOD ,
forgive ,
I beseech thee :
by whom shall Jacob arise ?
for he is small .
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The LORD repented for this :
It shall not be ,
saith the LORD .
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Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me :
and ,
behold ,
the Lord GOD called to contend by fire ,
and it devoured the great deep ,
and did eat up a part .
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Then said I ,
O Lord GOD ,
cease ,
I beseech thee :
by whom shall Jacob arise ?
for he is small .
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The LORD repented for this :
This also shall not be ,
saith the Lord GOD .
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Thus he shewed me :
and ,
behold ,
the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline ,
with a plumbline in his hand .
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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 pass by them any more :
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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 .
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Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel 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 .
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For thus Amos saith ,
Jeroboam shall die by the sword ,
and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land .
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Also Amaziah said unto Amos ,
O thou seer ,
go ,
flee thee away into the land of Judah ,
and there eat bread ,
and prophesy there :
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But prophesy not again any more at Bethel :
for it is the king '
s chapel ,
and it is the king '
s court .
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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 an herdman ,
and a gatherer of sycomore fruit :
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And the LORD took me as I followed the flock ,
and the LORD said unto me ,
Go ,
prophesy unto my people Israel .
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Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD :
Thou sayest ,
Prophesy not against Israel ,
and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac .
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Therefore thus saith the LORD ;
Thy wife shall be an 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 shalt die in a polluted land :
and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land .