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’s

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’s

Amos 7:3³The Lord decided not to do this. “It will not happen,” the Lord said.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

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’s

Amos 7:5⁵I said, “Sovereign Lord, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Amos 7:6⁶The Lord decided not to do this. The Sovereign Lord said, “This will not happen either.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Amos 7:7⁷He showed me this: I saw the Lord standing by a tin wall holding tin in his hand.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

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’s

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’s

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’s

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’s

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’s

Amos 7:13¹³Don’t prophesy at Bethel any longer, for a royal temple and palace are here.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

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’s

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’s

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’s

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’s