Judgments are diverted
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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. |
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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. |
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Amos 7:3 |
The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord. |
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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. |
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Amos 7:5 |
Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. |
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Amos 7:6 |
The Lord repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord God. |
And the Lord said to Amos
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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. |
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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: |
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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. |
Amaziah complains of Amos
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Amos 7:10 |
¶ 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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Amos 7:11 |
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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Amos 7:12 |
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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Amos 7:13 |
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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Amos 7:14 |
¶ 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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Amos 7:15 |
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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Amos 7:16 |
¶ 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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Amos 7:17 |
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. |
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