Amos 7
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a This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, b 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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When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said,
"O Lord God, please forgive!
c How can Jacob stand?
He is so small!"
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d The Lord relented concerning this:
"It shall not be," said the Lord.
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a This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, the Lord God was calling e for a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land.
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Then I said,
"O Lord God, please cease!
c How can Jacob stand?
He is so small!"
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d The Lord relented concerning this:
"This also shall not be," said the Lord God.
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a This is what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with f a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
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And the Lord said to me, g "Amos, what do you see?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said,
"Behold, I am setting f a plumb line
in the midst of my people Israel;
g I will never again pass by them;
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h the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate,
and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste,
and I will rise against i the house of Jeroboam with the sword."
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Then Amaziah j the priest of Bethel sent to k Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has l conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.
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For thus Amos has said,
"'Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
and m Israel must go into exile
away from his land.'"
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And Amaziah said to Amos, n "O seer, go, flee away o to the land of Judah, and p eat bread there, and prophesy there,
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but q never again prophesy at Bethel, for r it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom."
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Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, s "I was no prophet, nor a prophet's son, but t I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs.
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u But the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'
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v Now therefore hear the word of the Lord.
"You say, n 'Do not prophesy against Israel,
and w do not preach against the house of x Isaac.'
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y Therefore thus says the Lord:
"'Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city,
and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword,
and your land z shall be divided up with a measuring line;
you yourself shall die in an unclean land,
and m Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.'"
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Amos 8:1
This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit.
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Joel 1:4
What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten.
Exodus 10:4
For if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country.
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Psalms 130:3
If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
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Deuteronomy 32:36
For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone and there is none remaining, bond or free.
Joel 2:13
And rend your hearts and not your garments." Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster.
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Amos 7:1
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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Revelation 8:7 - 8
The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.
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Amos 7:2
When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said, "O Lord God, please forgive! How can Jacob stand? He is so small!
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Amos 7:3
The Lord relented concerning this: "It shall not be," said the Lord.
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Amos 7:1
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 7:17
Therefore thus says the Lord : "'Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided up with a measuring line; you yourself shall die in an unclean land, and Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.'
2 Kings 21:13
And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria, and the plumb line of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
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Amos 8:2
And he said, "Amos, what do you see?" And I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the Lord said to me, "The end has come upon my people Israel; I will never again pass by them.
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Amos 8:2
And he said, "Amos, what do you see?" And I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the Lord said to me, "The end has come upon my people Israel; I will never again pass by them.
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Amos 7:7
This is what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
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Genesis 26:23
From there he went up to Beersheba.
Genesis 26:25
So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac's servants dug a well.
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2 Kings 15:8 - 12
In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months.
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1 Kings 12:32
And Jeroboam appointed a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he made. And he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.
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Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
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Jeremiah 38:4
Then the officials said to the king, "Let this man be put to death, for he is weakening the hands of the soldiers who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the welfare of this people, but their harm.
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Amos 6:7
Therefore they shall now be the first of those who go into exile, and the revelry of those who stretch themselves out shall pass away.
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1 Samuel 9:9
(Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said, "Come, let us go to the seer," for today's "prophet" was formerly called a seer.)
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Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
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Micah 3:5
Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who cry "Peace" when they have something to eat, but declare war against him who puts nothing into their mouths.
Micah 3:11
Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the Lord and say, "Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us.
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Amos 2:12
"But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'You shall not prophesy.'
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1 Kings 12:29 - 13:1
And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
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Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
Zechariah 13:5
But he will say, 'I am no prophet, I am a worker of the soil, for a man sold me in my youth.
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Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
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Psalms 78:71
From following the nursing ewes he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel his inheritance.
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Amos 3:1
Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
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Amos 7:12
And Amaziah said to Amos, "O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there.
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Ezekiel 20:46
Son of man, set your face toward the southland; preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land in the Negeb.
Ezekiel 21:2
Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
Micah 2:6
"Do not preach" - thus they preach - "one should not preach of such things; disgrace will not overtake us."
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Amos 7:9
The high places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
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Jeremiah 28:16
Therefore thus says the Lord : 'Behold, I will remove you from the face of the earth. This year you shall die, because you have uttered rebellion against the Lord.'
Jeremiah 29:21
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall strike them down before your eyes.
Jeremiah 29:31 - 32
Send to all the exiles, saying, 'Thus says the Lord concerning Shemaiah of Nehelam: Because Shemaiah had prophesied to you when I did not send him, and has made you trust in a lie.
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Amos 7:7 - 8
This is what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
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Amos 7:11
For thus Amos has said, "'Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel must go into exile away from his land.'
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