1Thus 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. 2And 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.[ † ]Isaiah 51:19
3The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord .[ † ]Deuteronomy 32:36Jeremiah 26:19Hosea 11:8Amos 5:15Jonah 3:10James 5:16
4Thus 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. 5Then said I, O Lord God , cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.[ † ]Amos 7:2-3
6The Lord repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord God .
7Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. 8And 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:[ † ]2 Kings 21:13Isaiah 28:17Isaiah 34:11Lamentations 2:8Micah 7:18
9and 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.[ † ]Genesis 46:1Hosea 10:8Micah 1:52 Kings 15:8-10Amos 7:11
10Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el 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.[ † ]1 Kings 12:31-321 Kings 13:331 Kings 13:32Amos 4:42 Kings 14:23 11For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.[ † ]Amos 5:27Amos 6:7 12Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 13but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.[ † ]Amos 2:12Acts 4:181 Kings 12:29-32Amos 7:9
14Then 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:[ † ]1 Kings 20:352 Kings 2:52 Chronicles 19:22 Kings 3:4Amos 1:1Zechariah 13:5 15and the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.[ † ]Amos 3:8 16Now therefore hear thou the word of the Lord : Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.[ † ]Deuteronomy 32:2Ezekiel 21:2Micah 2:6 17Therefore 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.[ † ]Jeremiah 28:12Jeremiah 29:21-32Isaiah 13:16Lamentations 5:11Hosea 4:13Zechariah 14:22 Kings 17:6Ezekiel 4:13Hosea 9:3