Amos 7

1 These things the Lord God shewed to me: and behold the locust was formed in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter rain, and lo, it was the latter rain after the king’s mowing.

Thus hath the Sovereign YHWH shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.

2 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, I said: O Lord God, be merciful, I beseech thee: who shall raise up Jacob, for he is very little?

And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Sovereign YHWH, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

3 The Lord had pity upon this: It shall not be, said the Lord.

YHWH repented for this: It shall not be, saith YHWH.

4 These things the Lord God shewed to me: and behold the Lord called for judgment unto fire, and it devoured the great deep, and ate up a part at the same time.

Thus hath the Sovereign YHWH shewed unto me: and, behold, the Sovereign YHWH called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

5 And I said: O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee, who shall raise up Jacob, for he is a little one?

Then said I, O Sovereign YHWH, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

6 The Lord had pity upon this. Yea this also shall not be, said the Lord God.

YHWH repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Sovereign YHWH.

7 These things the Lord shewed to me: and behold the Lord was standing upon a plastered wall, and in his hand a mason’s trowel.

Thus he shewed me: and, behold, YHWH stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

8 And the Lord said to me: What seest thou, Amos? And I said: A mason’s trowel. And the Lord said: Behold, I will lay down the trowel in the midst of my people Israel. I will plaster them over no more.

And YHWH said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said YHWH, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:

9 And the high places of the idol shall be thrown down, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste: and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

10 And Amasias the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: Amos hath rebelled against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

11 For thus saith Amos: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall be carried away captive out of their own land.

For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.

12 And Amasias said to Amos: Thou seer, go, flee away into the land of Juda: and eat bread there, and prophesy there.

Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

13 But prophesy not again any more in Bethel: because it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.

But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.

14 And Amos answered and said to Amasias: I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet: but I am a herdsman plucking wild figs.

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:

15 And the Lord took me when I followed the flock, and the Lord said to me: Go, prophesy to my people Israel.

And YHWH took me as I followed the flock, and YHWH said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

16 And now hear thou the word of the Lord: Thou sayest, thou shalt not prophesy against Israel, and thou shalt not drop thy word upon the house of the idol.

Now therefore hear thou the word of YHWH: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.

17 Therefore thus saith the Lord: Thy wife shall play the harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be measured by a line: and thou shalt die in a polluted land, and Israel shall go into captivity out of their land.

Therefore thus saith YHWH; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.