{"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/dbt/amos/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T07:13:01.382Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Amos","bookSlug":"amos","chapter":7,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":6,"nextChapter":8,"totalChapters":9,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Thus did the Lord Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And it came to pass, when they had wholly eaten the grass of the land, that I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Jehovah repented for this: It shall not be, said Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thus did the Lord Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and ate up the inheritance."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Jehovah repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Thus did he shew unto me; and behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And Jehovah said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumb-line. And the Lord said, Behold, I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And the high places of Isaac shall be desolated, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will arise 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 hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For thus Amos saith: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall certainly go into captivity out of his land."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And Amaziah said unto Amos, Thou seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But prophesy not again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And Amos answered and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And Jehovah took me as I followed the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And now hear thou the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and utter not words against the house of Isaac."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided with the line; and thou shalt die in a land that is unclean; and Israel shall certainly go into captivity, out of his land."}],"citation":{"inline":"Amos 7 (DBT)","markdown":"[Amos 7](https://primebible.com/dbt/amos/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/amos/7 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}