Amos Verse by Verse

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Amos 6:14 (ESV)

"For behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel," declares the LORD, the God of hosts; and they shall oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah."

 

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Amos 7:1 (ESV)

This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, he was forming locusts when the latter growth was just beginning to sprout, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.

 

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Amos 7:2 (KJV) 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.

 

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

 

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Amos 7:4 (KJV) Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

 

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Amos 7:5
5 Then I cried out, "Sovereign LORD, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!"

 

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Amos 7:6
6 So the LORD relented, "This will not happen either," the Sovereign LORD said.

 

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Amos 7:7
7 This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb line in his hand.

 

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Amos 7:8
8 And the LORD asked me, "What do you see, Amos?" "A plumb line," I replied. Then the Lord said. "Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.

 

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Amos 7:9
9 "The high places of Isaac will be destroyed and the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined; with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam."

 

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Amos 7:10
10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel: "Amos is raising a conspiracy against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.

 

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Amos 7:11
11 For this is what Amos is saying: " 'Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their native land.'"

 

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Amos 7:12 (Amp)
12 Also Amaziah said to Amos, O you seer, go! Flee back to the land of Judah [your own country], and eat your bread and live out your profession as a prophet there [as I perform my duties here].

 

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Amos 7:13 (Amp)
13 But do not prophesy any more at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary and a seat of his kingdom.

 

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Amos 7:14
14 Amos answered Amaziah, "I was neither a prophet nor a prophet's son, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.

 

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Amos 7:15
15 Then the LORD took me as I followed the flock, And the LORD said to me, ' Go, prophesy to My people Israel.'

 

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Amos 7:16
16 Now therefore, hear the word of the LORD: You say, 'Do not prophesy against Israel, And do not spout against the house of Isaac.'

 

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Amos 7:17
17 "Therefore thus says the LORD: ' Your wife shall be a harlot in the city; Your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword; Your land shall be divided by survey line; You shall die in a defiled land; And Israel shall surely be led away captive From his own land.' "

 

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Amos 8:1
1 Thus the Lord GOD showed me: Behold, a basket of summer fruit.

 

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Amos 8:2
2 And He said, "Amos, what do you see?" So I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the LORD said to me: " The end has come upon My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore.