1Thus hath the Lord GOD showed 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.⇆ compare2And 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.⇆ compare3The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.⇆ compare4Thus hath the Lord GOD showed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.⇆ compare5Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.⇆ compare6The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.⇆ compare7Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.⇆ compare8And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumb line. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:⇆ compare9And 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.⇆ compare10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel 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.⇆ compare11For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.⇆ compare12Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:⇆ compare13But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.⇆ compare14Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit:⇆ compare15And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.⇆ compare16Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.⇆ compare17Therefore thus saith the LORD; 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 shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.⇆ compare