7: 2 And it came to pass that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
7: 3 Jehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith Jehovah.
7: 4 Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the 43land.
43Hb. portion.
7: 5 Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
7: 6 Jehovah repented concerning this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord Jehovah.
7: 7 Thus he showed me: and, behold, 44Jehovah stood 45beside a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
44Sopherim changed to the Lord Also 2nd time in vs. 8
45Or, upon
7: 8 And Jehovah said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said Jehovah, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel; I will not again pass by them any more;
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.
7: 10 Then 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.
7: 11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.
7: 12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thou away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
7: 13 but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house.
7: 14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I 46was no prophet, neither was I 47a prophet’s son; but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore-trees:
46Or, am (three times)
47Or, one of the sons of the prophets; See 1Ki 20:35.
7: 15 and Jehovah took me from following the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy 48upon my people Israel.
48So MurXII, Sept. (Aram). Massoretic, Vg. read unto
7: 16 Now therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac;
7: 17 therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a 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 thyself shalt die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.
