Amos 7 (NET)

Amos 7:1¹The Sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw him making locusts just as the crops planted late were beginning to sprout. (The crops planted late sprout after the royal harvest. )Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Joel 1:4Amos 8:1Amos 4:9Isa 33:4Joel 2:25Nah 3:15-17Amos 7:4Amos 7:7Exod 10:12-16Ezek 11:25

Amos 7:2²When they had completely consumed the earth’s vegetation, I said, “Sovereign Lord, forgive Israel! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 37:4Ezek 11:13Exod 10:15Ezek 9:8Jer 14:20-21Jer 14:7Jer 42:2Amos 7:5Dan 9:19Exod 32:11-12

Amos 7:3³The Lord decided not to do this. “It will not happen,” the Lord said.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:36Jonah 3:10Hos 11:8Amos 7:6Joel 2:14Ps 106:45Jas 5:16Jer 26:191 Chr 21:15

Amos 7:4⁴The Sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw the Sovereign Lord summoning a shower of fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 7:1Isa 66:15-16Amos 1:4Amos 1:7Amos 4:11Amos 5:6Amos 7:7Deut 32:22Exod 9:23-24Heb 1:7

Amos 7:5⁵I said, “Sovereign Lord, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 85:4Amos 7:2-3Isa 1:9Isa 10:25Jer 30:19Joel 2:17

Amos 7:6⁶The Lord decided not to do this. The Sovereign Lord said, “This will not happen either.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 7:3Jer 26:19Jonah 3:10Jonah 4:2Judg 10:16Judg 2:18Ps 135:14Ps 90:13

Amos 7:7⁷He showed me this: I saw the Lord standing by a tin wall holding tin in his hand.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 21:13Isa 28:17Rev 21:152 Sam 8:2Ezek 40:3Isa 34:11Lam 2:8Rev 11:1Zech 2:1-2

Amos 7:8⁸The Lord said to me, “What do you see, Amos?” I said, “Tin.” The Lord then said, “Look, I am about to place tin among my people Israel. I will no longer overlook their sin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 8:2Jer 15:6Lam 2:8Ezek 7:2-92 Kgs 21:13Isa 28:17Mic 7:18Jer 1:11-13Nah 1:8-9Zech 5:2

Amos 7:9⁹Isaac’s centers of worship will become desolate; Israel’s holy places will be in ruins. I will attack Jeroboam’s dynasty with the sword.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 15:8-10Gen 46:1Amos 3:14Amos 5:5Amos 8:14Gen 26:23-25Hos 10:8Isa 63:18Lev 26:30-31

Amos 7:10¹⁰Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent this message to King Jeroboam of Israel: “Amos is conspiring against you in the very heart of the kingdom of Israel! The land cannot endure all his prophecies.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 38:41 Kgs 12:31-32Acts 24:5Jer 26:8-11Matt 21:231 Kgs 13:33Acts 5:28Luke 23:21 Kgs 18:172 Chr 13:8-9

Amos 7:11¹¹As a matter of fact, Amos is saying this: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly be carried into exile away from its land.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 17:6Amos 6:7-8Amos 7:9Ps 56:5Acts 6:14Jer 28:10-11Matt 26:61

Amos 7:12¹²Amaziah then said to Amos, “Leave, you visionary! Run away to the land of Judah. Earn your living and prophesy there!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 2:14Matt 8:341 Sam 9:9Isa 30:10Rom 16:181 Pet 5:21 Sam 2:362 Chr 16:10Acts 16:39Amos 2:12

Amos 7:13¹³Don’t prophesy at Bethel any longer, for a royal temple and palace are here.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 12:32Amos 2:121 Kgs 12:291 Kgs 13:1Acts 4:17-18Acts 5:28Acts 5:40

Amos 7:14¹⁴Amos replied to Amaziah, “I was not a prophet by profession. No, I was a herdsman who also took care of sycamore fig trees.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 1:1Zech 13:51 Cor 1:272 Kgs 2:52 Kgs 4:382 Chr 19:22 Kgs 2:31 Kgs 20:352 Chr 16:72 Chr 20:34

Amos 7:15¹⁵Then the Lord took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission, ‘Go! Prophesy to my people Israel.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 7:8Ezek 2:3-4Acts 1:8Acts 5:20Jer 1:7Matt 4:18-19Matt 9:9Ps 78:70-72Acts 4:20Acts 5:29-32

Amos 7:16¹⁶So now listen to the Lord ’s message! You say, ‘Don’t prophesy against Israel! Don’t preach against the family of Isaac!’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 20:46Ezek 21:2Mic 2:6Amos 7:13Deut 32:2Jer 28:15-171 Kgs 22:191 Sam 15:16Isa 30:10

Amos 7:17¹⁷“Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the streets and your sons and daughters will die violently. Your land will be given to others and you will die in a foreign land. Israel will certainly be carried into exile away from its land.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 9:32 Kgs 17:6Ezek 4:13Jer 28:16Hos 4:13-14Amos 7:11Isa 13:16Jer 29:21Jer 29:31-32Jer 20:6