Amos 7 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Warning through Visions

This^H3541 is^H3541 what^H3541 the Lord^H136 [fn]GOD^H3068 showed^H7200 me, and behold^H2009, He was forming^H3335 a swarm^H1462 of^H1462 locusts^H1462 [fn]when the spring^H3954 crop^H3954 began^H8462 to sprout^H5927. And behold^H2009, the spring^H3954 crop^H3954 was after^H310 the king’s^H4428 mowing^H1488.

Amo 7:2

Amo 7:2And it came about, [fn]when it had finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said,

“Lord^H136 GOD^H3068, please^H4994 pardon^H5545!

How^H4310 can Jacob^H3290 stand^H6965?

For he is small^H6996.”

Amo 7:3

The LORD^H3068 relented^H5162 of this^H2088.

“It shall not be,” said^H559 the LORD^H3068.

Amo 7:4

So^H3541 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3068 showed^H7200 me, and behold^H2009, the Lord^H136 GOD^H3068 was calling^H7121 to contend^H7378 with them by fire^H784, and it consumed^H398 the great^H7227 deep^H8415 and began to consume^H398 the [fn]farmland^H2506.

Amo 7:5

Amo 7:5Then I said,

“Lord^H136 GOD^H3068, please^H4994 stop^H2308!

How^H4310 can Jacob^H3290 stand^H6965?

For he is small^H6996.”

Amo 7:6

The LORD^H3068 relented^H5162 of this^H2088.

“This^H1931 too^H1571 shall not be,” said^H559 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3068.

Amo 7:7

So^H3541 He showed^H7200 me, and behold^H2009, the Lord^H136 was standing^H5324 [fn]by a [fn]vertical^H594 wall^H2346 with a plumb^H594 line^H594 in His hand^H3027.

Amo 7:8

Amo 7:8And the LORD said to me, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,

“Behold^H2009 I am about to put^H7760 a plumb^H594 line^H594

In the midst^H7130 of My people^H5971 Israel^H3478.

I will not [fn]spare^H5674 them any^H5750 longer^H3254^H5750.

Amo 7:9

“The high^H1116 places^H1116 of Isaac^H3327 will become^H8074 deserted^H8074,

And the sanctuaries^H4720 of Israel^H3478 will be in ruins^H2717.

Then I will rise^H6965 up^H6965 against^H5921 the house^H1004 of Jeroboam^H3379 with the sword^H2719.”

Amos Accused; Gives an Answer

Amo 7:10

Then Amaziah^H558, the priest^H3548 of Bethel^H1008, sent^H7971 word to Jeroboam^H3379 king^H4428 of Israel^H3478, saying^H559, “Amos^H5986 has conspired^H7194 against^H5921 you in the midst^H7130 of the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478; the land^H776 is^H3201 unable^H3808^H3201 to endure^H3557 all^H3605 his words^H1697.

Amo 7:11

Amo 7:11“For this is what Amos says: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”

Amo 7:12

Amo 7:12Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Go, you seer, flee to the land of Judah; and eat bread there and do your prophesying there!

Amo 7:13

Amo 7:13“But do not prophesy at Bethel any longer, for it is a sanctuary of the king and a royal [fn]residence.”

Amo 7:14

Then Amos^H5986 replied^H6030 to Amaziah^H558, “I am not a prophet^H5030, nor^H3808 am I the son^H1121 of a prophet^H5030; for I am a herdsman^H951 and a [fn]grower^H1103 of^H1103 sycamore^H8256 figs^H1103.

Amo 7:15

Amo 7:15“But the LORD took me from [fn]following the flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go prophesy to My people Israel.’

Amo 7:16

Amo 7:16“So now hear the word of the LORD: you are saying, ‘You shall not prophesy against Israel nor shall you [fn]prophesy against the house of Isaac.’

Amo 7:17

Amo 7:17“Therefore, this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line, and you yourself will die [fn]upon unclean soil. Furthermore Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”

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NASB20 Footnotes

(7:1)

Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the ch

(7:1)

Lit at the beginning of the coming up of

Lit if

Lit plot of land

Or on

Lit wall of a plumb line

Lit pass him by

Lit house

Or picker

Lit behind

Lit drivel

Or in an unclean land

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