7:1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shown to 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. 
7:1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shown to 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. 

7:2 And 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. 
7:2 And it came to pass, {that} when they had stopped 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. 

7:3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. 
7:3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. 

7:4 Thus hath the Lord GOD shown to me: and behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. 
7:4 Thus hath the Lord GOD shown to me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and ate up a part. 

7:5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he {is} small. 
7:5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he {is} small. 

7:6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD. 
7:6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD. 

7:7 Thus he showed me: and behold, the LORD stood upon a wall {made} by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand. 
7:7 Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall {made} by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. 

7:8 And the LORD said to 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: 
7:8 And the LORD said to 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: 

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. 
7:9 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. 
7:10 Then 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. 

7:11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. 
7:11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. 

7:12 Also Amaziah said to Amos, O thou seer, go flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 
7:12 Also Amaziah said to Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee 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 chapel, and it {is} the king's court. 
7:13 But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it {is} the king's sanctuary, and it {is} the king's court. 

7:14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I {was} no prophet, neither {was} I a prophet's son; but I {was} a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit: 
7:14 Then 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 sycamore fruit: 

7:15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel. 
7:15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel. 

7:16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not {thy word} against the house of Isaac. 
7:16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not {thy word} against the house of Isaac. 

7:17 Therefore 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 from his land into captivity. 
7:17 Therefore 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 from his land into captivity.