Amos 7:7-17

7 Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand.
8 The LORD said to me, "1What do you see, Amos?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold I am about to put a 2plumb line In the midst of My people Israel. I will 3spare them no longer *.
9 "The 4high places of Isaac will be desolated And the 5sanctuaries of Israel laid waste. Then I will 6rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword."

Amos Accused, Answers

10 Then Amaziah, the 7priest of Bethel, sent word to 8Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has 9conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable * to endure all his words.
11 "For thus Amos says, 'Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.' "
12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, "10Go, you seer, flee away to the land of Judah and there eat bread and there do your prophesying!
13 "But 11no longer * prophesy at Bethel, for it is a 12sanctuary of the king and a royal residence."
14 Then Amos replied to Amaziah, "I am not a prophet, nor am I the 13son of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs.
15 "But the LORD took me from following the flock and the LORD said to me, 'Go 14prophesy to My people Israel.'
16 "Now hear the word of the LORD: you are saying, 'You 15shall not prophesy against Israel 16nor shall you speak against the house of Isaac.'
17 "Therefore, thus says the LORD, 'Your 17wife will become a harlot in the city, your 18sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line and you yourself will die upon 19unclean soil. Moreover, Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.' "

Cross References 19

  • 1. Jeremiah 1:11; Amos 8:2
  • 2. 2 Kings 21:13; Isaiah 28:17; Isaiah 34:11; Lamentations 2:8
  • 3. Jeremiah 15:6; Ezekiel 7:4-9; Amos 8:2
  • 4. Genesis 46:1; Hosea 10:8; Micah 1:5
  • 5. Leviticus 26:31; Isaiah 63:18; Jeremiah 51:51; Amos 7:13
  • 6. 2 Kings 15:8-10; Amos 7:11
  • 7. 1 Kings 12:31, 32; 1 Kings 13:33
  • 8. 2 Kings 14:23, 24
  • 9. Jeremiah 26:8-11; Jeremiah 38:4
  • 10. Matthew 8:34
  • 11. Amos 2:12; Acts 4:18
  • 12. 1 Kings 12:29, 32; Amos 7:9
  • 13. 1 Kings 20:35; 2 Kings 2:3, 5; 2 Kings 4:38; 2 Chronicles 19:2
  • 14. Jeremiah 1:7; Ezekiel 2:3, 4
  • 15. Amos 2:12; Amos 7:13
  • 16. Deuteronomy 32:2; Ezekiel 20:46; Ezekiel 21:2
  • 17. Hosea 4:13, 14
  • 18. Jeremiah 14:16
  • 19. 2 Kings 17:6; Ezekiel 4:13; Hosea 9:3

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