{"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/drb/amos/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T01:56:06.718Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Amos","bookSlug":"amos","chapter":7,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":6,"nextChapter":8,"totalChapters":9,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"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? "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The Lord had pity upon this: It shall not be, said the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And I said: O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee, who shall raise up Jacob, for he is a little one? "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The Lord had pity upon this. Yea this also shall not be, said the Lord God. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For thus saith Amos: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall be carried away captive out of their own land. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And Amasias said to Amos: Thou seer, go, flee away into the land of Juda: and eat bread there, and prophesy there. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But prophesy not again any more in Bethel: because it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And the Lord took me when I followed the flock, and the Lord said to me: Go, prophesy to my people Israel. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"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. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Amos 7 (DRB)","markdown":"[Amos 7](https://primebible.com/drb/amos/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/amos/7 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}