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But are not grieved for the affliction of Thus the Lord GOD showed me: Behold,
Joseph. 7 He formed locust swarms at the beginning
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Therefore they shall now go captive as of the late crop; indeed it was the late crop
the first of the captives, after the king’s mowings. And so it was, when
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And those who recline at banquets they had finished eating the grass of the land,
shall be removed. that I said:
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The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself, “O Lord GOD, forgive, I pray!
The LORD God of hosts says: Oh, that Jacob may stand,
“I abhor the pride of Jacob, For he is small!”
And hate his palaces; 3 So the LORD relented concerning this.
Therefore I will deliver up the city “It shall not be,” said the LORD.
And all that is in it.”
4 Thus the Lord GOD showed me: Behold,
9 Then it shall come to pass, that if ten men the Lord GOD called for conflict by fire, and it
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remain in one house, they shall die. And consumed the great deep and devoured the
when a relative of the dead, with one who will territory. Then I said:
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burn the bodies, picks up the bodies to take
them out of the house, he will say to one inside “O Lord GOD, cease, I pray!
the house, “Are there any more with you?” Oh, that Jacob may stand,
Then someone will say, “None.” For he is small!”
And he will say, “Hold your tongue! For we 6 So the LORD relented concerning this.
dare not mention the name of the LORD.” “This also shall not be,” said the Lord
GOD.
7 Thus He showed me: Behold, the Lord
stood on a wall made with a plumb line, with a
6:10 one who will burn. This could refer to plumb line in His hand. And the LORD said to
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cremation, demanded by the excessive num- me, “Amos, what do you see?”
ber killed and because of fear of epidemics. And I said, “A plumb line.”
With rare exceptions (1 Sam. 31:12), corpses Then the Lord said:
were buried in ancient Israel. dare not men-
tion…the LORD. Previously welcomed as a “Behold, I am setting a plumb line
friend, the Lord came in judgment as a foe. In the midst of My people Israel;
Survivors would not want to invoke His name I will not pass by them anymore.
out of fear. 9 The high places of Isaac shall be
desolate,
And the sanctuaries of Israel shall
be laid waste.
11 For behold, the LORD gives a I will rise with the sword against the
command: house of Jeroboam.”
He will break the great house 10
into bits, Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to
And the little house into pieces. Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has
conspired against you in the midst of the
12 Do horses run on rocks? house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all
Does one plow there with oxen? his words. For thus Amos has said:
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Yet you have turned justice into gall,
And the fruit of righteousness into ‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
wormwood, And Israel shall surely be led
13 You who rejoice over Lo Debar, away captive
Who say, “Have we not taken Karnaim From their own land.’ ”
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By our own strength?” Then Amaziah said to Amos:
14 “But, behold, I will raise up a nation “Go, you seer!
against you, Flee to the land of Judah.
O house of Israel,” There eat bread,
Says the LORD God of hosts; And there prophesy.
“And they will afflict you from the 13 But never again prophesy at Bethel,
entrance of Hamath For it is the king’s sanctuary,
To the Valley of the Arabah.” And it is the royal residence.”

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