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1 The Lord God showed me this: He was forming a swarm of locusts at the time the spring crop first began to sprout-after the cutting of the king's hay.
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1 This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts after the king's share had been harvested and just as the second crop was coming up.
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2 When the locusts finished eating the vegetation of the land, I said, "Lord God , please forgive! How will Jacob survive since he is so small?"
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2 When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, "Sovereign LORD, forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!"
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3 The Lord relented concerning this. "It will not happen," He said.
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3 So the LORD relented. "This will not happen," the LORD said.
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4 The Lord God showed me this: The Lord God was calling for a judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
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4 This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: The Sovereign LORD was calling for judgment by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured the land.
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5 Then I said, "Lord God , please stop! How will Jacob survive since he is so small?"
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5 Then I cried out, "Sovereign LORD, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!"
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6 The Lord relented concerning this. "This will not happen either," said the Lord God .
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6 So the LORD relented. "This will not happen either," the Sovereign LORD said.
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7 He showed me this: The Lord was standing there by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand.
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7 This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb line in his hand.
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8 The Lord asked me, "What do you see, Amos?" I replied, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them:
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8 And the LORD asked me, "What do you see, Amos?" "A plumb line," I replied. Then the Lord said, "Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.
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9 Isaac's high places will be deserted, and Israel's sanctuaries will be in ruins; I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with a sword."
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9 "The high places of Isaac will be destroyed and the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined; with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam."
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10 Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent [word] to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you [right here] in the house of Israel. The land cannot endure all his words,
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10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel: "Amos is raising a conspiracy against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.
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11 for Amos has said this: 'Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will certainly go into exile from its homeland.' "
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11 For this is what Amos is saying: " 'Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their native land.' "
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12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, "Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah. Earn your living and give [your] prophecies there,
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12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, "Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.
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13 but don't ever prophesy at Bethel again, for it is the king's sanctuary and a royal temple."
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13 Don't prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king's sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom."
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14 So Amos answered Amaziah, "I was not a prophet or the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman, and I took care of sycamore figs.
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14 Amos answered Amaziah, "I was neither a prophet nor a prophet's son, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.
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15 But the Lord took me from following the flock and said to me, 'Go, prophesy to My people Israel.' "
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15 But the LORD took me from tending the flock and said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'
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16 Now hear the word of the Lord. You say: Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.
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16 Now then, hear the word of the LORD. You say, " 'Do not prophesy against Israel, and stop preaching against the house of Isaac.'
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17 Therefore, this is what the Lord says: Your wife will be a prostitute in the city, your sons and daughters will fall by the sword, and your land will be divided up with a measuring line. You yourself will die on pagan soil, and Israel will certainly go into exile from its homeland.
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17 "Therefore this is what the LORD says: " 'Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be measured and divided up, and you yourself will die in a pagan country. And Israel will certainly go into exile, away from their native land.' "
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