{"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/web/amos/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T17:28:26.686Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Amos","bookSlug":"amos","chapter":7,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":6,"nextChapter":8,"totalChapters":9,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Thus the Lord Yahweh showed 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 harvest."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"It happened that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, |Lord Yahweh, forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.|"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Yahweh relented concerning this. |It shall not be,| says Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me and behold, the Lord Yahweh called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Then I said, |Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.|"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Yahweh relented concerning this. |This also shall not be,| says the Lord Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Thus he showed me and behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Yahweh said to me, |Amos, what do you see?| I said, |A plumb line.| Then 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":"The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will 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 midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For Amos says, 'Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'|"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Amaziah also said to Amos, |You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"but don't prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house!|"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Then Amos answered Amaziah, |I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Now therefore listen to the word of Yahweh: 'You say, Don't prophesy against Israel, and don't preach against the house of Isaac.'"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Therefore thus says Yahweh: '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 by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Amos 7 (WEB)","markdown":"[Amos 7](https://primebible.com/web/amos/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/amos/7 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}