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Amos 7 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:1 - This is what the Lord God let me see: and I saw that, when the growth of the late grass was starting, he made locusts; it was the late growth after the king's cutting was done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:2 - And it came about that after they had taken all the grass of the land, I said, O Lord God, have mercy: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:3 - The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, It will not be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:4 - This is what the Lord let me see: and I saw that the Lord God sent for a great fire to be the instrument of his punishment; and, after burning up the great deep, it was about to put an end to the Lord's heritage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:5 - Then said I, O Lord God, let there be an end: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:6 - The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, And this will not be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:7 - This is what he let me see: and I saw the Lord stationed by a wall made straight by a weighted line, and he had a weighted line in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:8 - And the Lord said to me, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A weighted line. Then the Lord said, See, I will let down a weighted line among my people Israel; never again will my eyes be shut to their sin:

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:9 - And the high places of Isaac will be unpeopled, and the holy places of Israel will be made waste; and I will come up against the family of Jeroboam with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:10 - Then Amaziah, the priest of Beth-el, sent to Jeroboam, king of Israel, saying, Amos has made designs against you among the people of Israel: the land is troubled by his words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:11 - For Amos has said, Jeroboam will be put to the sword, and Israel will certainly be taken away as a prisoner out of his land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:12 - And Amaziah said to Amos, O seer, go in flight into the land of Judah, and there get your living by working as a prophet:

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:13 - But be a prophet no longer at Beth-el: for it is the holy place of the king, and the king's house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:14 - Then Amos in answer said to Amaziah, I am no prophet, or one of the sons of the prophets; I am a herdman and one who takes care of sycamore-trees:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:15 - And the Lord took me from the flock, and the Lord said to me, Go, be a prophet to my people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:16 - Now then, give ear to the word of the Lord: You say, Be no prophet to Israel, and say not a word against the people of Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:17 - So this is what the Lord has said: Your wife will be a loose woman in the town, and your sons and your daughters will be put to the sword, and your land will be cut up into parts by a line; and you yourself will come to your end in an unclean land, and Israel will certainly be taken away a prisoner out of his land.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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Amos Chapter 7 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras