First Vision: Locusts
1 The LordGodshowed me this: He was forming a swarm of locustsat the time the spring crop first began to sprout — after the cutting of the king’s hay.
2 When the locusts finished eating the vegetation of the land,I said, “LordGod, please forgive!How will Jacob survive since he is so small? ”
3 TheLordrelented concerning this.“It will not happen,” He said.
Second Vision: Fire
4 The LordGodshowed me this: The LordGodwas calling for a judgment by fire.It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
5 Then I said, “LordGod, please stop!How will Jacob survive since he is so small? ”
6 TheLordrelented concerning this.“This will not happen either,” said the LordGod.
Third Vision: A Plumb Line
7 He showed me this: The Lord was standing there by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand.
8 TheLordasked me, “What do you see, Amos? ”
I replied, “A plumb line.”
Then the Lord said, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel;I will no longer spare them:
9 Isaac’s high placeswill be deserted,
and Israel’s sanctuaries will be in ruins;
I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam
with a sword.”
Amaziah’s Opposition
10 Amaziah the priestof Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against youright here in the house of Israel. The land cannot endure all his words,
11 for Amos has said this: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will certainly go into exile from its homeland.’ ”
12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer!Flee to the land of Judah. Earn your livingand give your prophecies there,
13 but don’t ever prophesyat Bethel again, for it is the king’s sanctuaryand a royal temple.”
14 So Amos answered Amaziah, “I wasnot a prophet or the son of a prophet;rather, I wasa herdsman,and I took care of sycamore figs.
15 But theLordtook me from following the flockand said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’ ”
16 Now hear the word of theLord. You say:
Do not prophesyagainst Israel;
do not preachagainst the house of Isaac.
17 Therefore, this is what theLordsays:
Your wife will be a prostitute in the city,
your sons and daughters will fall by the sword,
and your land will be divided up
with a measuring line.
You yourself will die on pagansoil,
and Israel will certainly go into exile
from its homeland.
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