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The LORDrepented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.4
Thus hath the LordGODshewed unto me: and, behold, the LordGODcalled to contend by fire, and it devoured the greatdeep, and did eat up a part.5
Then said I, O LordGOD,cease , I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacobarise ? for he is small.6
The LORDrepented for this: This also shall not be, saith the LordGOD.7
Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lordstood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.8
And the LORDsaid unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said , A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my peopleIsrael: I will not again pass by them any more:
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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.10
Then Amaziah the priest of Bethelsent to Jeroboamking 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.11
For thus Amossaith , Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.12
Also Amaziahsaid unto Amos, O thou seer,go , flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eatbread, and prophesy there:
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But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king'schapel,a and it is the king'scourt.
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