kjv - Amos:7:1-9

kjv@Amos:7:1 @ 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.

kjv@Amos:7:2 @ 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.

kjv@Amos:7:3 @ The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

kjv@Amos:7:4 @ 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.

kjv@Amos:7:5 @ Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

kjv@Amos:7:6 @ The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

kjv@Amos:7:7 @ Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

kjv@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 pass by them any more:

kjv@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.