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Thus hath the LordGODshewed unto me; and, behold, he formedgrasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growthafter the king'smowings.
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And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O LordGOD,forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacobarise? for he is small.
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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.
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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.
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Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt diein a pollutedland: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.