Warning Visions
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Thus the Lord GOD showed me: Behold, He formed locust swarms at the beginning of the late crop; indeed it was the late crop after the king's mowings.
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And so it was, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said:
"O Lord GOD, forgive, I pray!
a Oh, that Jacob may stand,
For he is small!"
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So b the LORD relented concerning this.
"It shall not be," said the LORD.
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Thus the Lord GOD showed me: Behold, the Lord GOD called for conflict by fire, and it consumed the great deep and devoured the territory.
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Then I said:
"O Lord GOD, cease, I pray!
c Oh, that Jacob may stand,
For he is small!"
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So the LORD relented concerning this.
"This also shall not be," said the Lord GOD.
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Thus He showed me: Behold, the Lord stood on a wall made with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand.
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And the LORD said to me, "Amos, what do you see?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said:
"Behold, d I am setting a plumb line
In the midst of My people Israel;
e I will not pass by them anymore.
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f The high places of Isaac shall be desolate,
And the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste.
g I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam."
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Cross References
Isaiah 51:19
These two things have come to you; Who will be sorry for you? - Desolation and destruction, famine and sword - By whom will I comfort you?
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:36
For the LORD will judge His people And have com...
Jeremiah 26:19
"Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah ever ...
Hosea 11:8
How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand ...
Amos 5:15
Hate evil, love good; Establish justice in the ...
Jonah 3:10
Then God saw their works, that they turned from...
James 5:16
Confess your trespasses to one another, and pra...
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Cross References
Amos 7:2
And so it was, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said: "O Lord GOD, forgive, I pray! Oh, that Jacob may stand, For he is small!
Amos 7:3
So the LORD relented concerning this. "It shall not be," said the LORD.
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Cross References
2 Kings 21:13
And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
Isaiah 28:17
Also I will make justice the measuring line, And righteousness the plummet; The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters will overflow the hiding place.
Isaiah 34:11
But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it, Also the owl and the raven shall dwell in it. And He shall stretch out over it The line of confusion and the stones of emptiness.
Lamentations 2:8
The LORD has purposed to destroy The wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out a line; He has not withdrawn His hand from destroying; Therefore He has caused the rampart and wall to lament; They languished together.
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Cross References
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.
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Cross References
Genesis 46:1
So Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
Hosea 10:8
Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, Shall be destroyed. The thorn and thistle shall grow on their altars; They shall say to the mountains, "Cover us!" And to the hills, "Fall on us!
Micah 1:5
All this is for the transgression of Jacob And for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Are they not Jerusalem?
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Cross References
2 Kings 15:8 - 10
In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months.
Amos 7:11
"For thus Amos has said: 'Jeroboam shall die by the sword, And Israel shall surely be led away captive From their own land.'"
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