{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/amos/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:42:45.210Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Amos","bookSlug":"amos","chapter":7,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":6,"nextChapter":8,"totalChapters":9,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Thus has the Lord GOD showed to me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, see, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"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 you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, said the LORD."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thus has the Lord GOD showed to me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord GOD."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Thus he showed me: and, behold, the LORD stood on a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And the LORD said to me, Amos, what see you? And I said, A plumb line. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumb line in the middle of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos has conspired against you in the middle of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For thus Amos said, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Also Amaziah said to Amos, O you seer, go, flee you away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdsman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Now therefore hear you the word of the LORD: You say, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not your word against the house of Isaac."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Therefore thus said the LORD; Your wife shall be an harlot in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you shall die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land."}],"citation":{"inline":"Amos 7 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Amos 7](https://primebible.com/akjv/amos/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/amos/7 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}