Yahweh Will Rise Up Against Israel
Thus Lord Yahweh showed me, and behold, He was forming a alocust-swarm when the spring crop began to come up. And behold, the spring crop was after the king’s mowing. 2 And it happened when it had acompleted eating the vegetation of the land, that I said,
“bLord Yahweh, please pardon!
How can Jacob rise up,
For he is csmall?”
3 Yahweh arelented concerning this.
“It shall not be,” said Yahweh.
4 Thus Lord Yahweh showed me, and behold, Lord Yahweh was calling to contend with them by afire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the farm land. 5 Then I said,
“aLord Yahweh, please stop!
bHow can Jacob rise up, for he is small?”
6 Yahweh arelented concerning this.
“This too shall not be,” said Lord Yahweh.
7 Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing by a wall made with a plumb line, and in His hand was a plumb line. 8 And Yahweh said to me, “aWhat do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,
“Behold, I am about to put a bplumb line
In the midst of My people Israel.
I will cpass over them no longer.
9 The ahigh places of Isaac will be desolated
And the bsanctuaries of Israel laid waste.
Then I will crise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
Amos Accused
10 Then Amaziah, the apriest of Bethel, sent word to bJeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has cconspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words. 11 For thus Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’” 12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, “aGo, you seer, flee away to the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and there do your prophesying! 13 But ano longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a bsanctuary of the king and a royal house.”
14 Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, “I am not a prophet, nor am I the ason of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs. 15 But Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go aprophesy to My people Israel.’ 16 So now, hear the word of Yahweh: you are saying, ‘You ashall not prophesy against Israel, bnor shall you drip out words against the house of Isaac.’ 17 Therefore, thus says Yahweh, ‘Your awife will play the harlot in the city, your bsons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be divided up by a measuring line, and you yourself will die upon cunclean land. Moreover, Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”