Amos 7:1-9

Bible Text

[1] Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, behold, it was the latter growth after the king's harvest. [2] It happened that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, "Lord Yahweh, forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small." [3] Yahweh relented concerning this. "It shall not be," says Yahweh. [4] Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me and, behold, the Lord Yahweh called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land. [5] Then I said, "Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small." [6] Yahweh relented concerning this. "This also shall not be," says the Lord Yahweh. [7] Thus he showed me and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. [8] Yahweh said to me, "Amos, what do you see?" I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold, I will set a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more. [9] The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword."

Places in this passage

Amos 7:1-9 mentions Bethel.

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