<vn='1'><sn="3541">Thus</s> hath the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s><sn="7200">showed</s> unto me; and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, he <sn="3335">formed</s><sn="1462">grasshoppers</s> in the <sn="8462">beginning</s> of the shooting <sn="5927">up</s> of the latter <sn="3954">growth</s>; and, <sn="2009">lo</s>, it was the latter <sn="3954">growth</s><sn="310">after</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1488">mowings</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, that <sn="518">when</s> they had made an <sn="3615">end</s> of <sn="398">eating</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6212">grass</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>, then I <sn="559">said</s>, O <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>, <sn="5545">forgive</s>, I beseech <sn="4994">thee</s>: by <sn="4310">whom</s> shall <sn="3290">Jacob</s><sn="6965">arise</s>? <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">he</s> is <sn="6996">small</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5162">repented</s><sn="5921">for</s><sn="2063">this</s>: It shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1961">be</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3541">Thus</s> hath the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s><sn="7200">showed</s> unto me: and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s><sn="7121">called</s> to <sn="7378">contend</s> by <sn="784">fire</s>, and it <sn="398">devoured</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7227">great</s><sn="8415">deep</s>, and did eat <sn="398">up</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="2506">part</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Then <sn="559">said</s> I, O <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>, <sn="2308">cease</s>, I beseech <sn="4994">thee</s>: by <sn="4310">whom</s> shall <sn="3290">Jacob</s><sn="6965">arise</s>? <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">he</s> is <sn="6996">small</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5162">repented</s><sn="5921">for</s><sn="2063">this</s>: <sn="1931">This</s><sn="1571">also</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1961">be</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3541">Thus</s> he <sn="7200">showed</s> me: and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="5324">stood</s><sn="5921">upon</s> a <sn="2346">wall</s> made by a plumb <sn="594">line</s>, with a plumb <sn="594">line</s> in his <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="5986">Amos</s>, <sn="4100">what</s><sn="7200">seest</s><sn="859">thou</s>? And I <sn="559">said</s>, A plumb <sn="594">line</s>. Then <sn="559">said</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="7760">set</s> a plumb <sn="594">line</s> in the <sn="7130">midst</s> of my <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>: I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3254">again</s><sn="5674">pass</s> by them any <sn="5750">more</s>: </v>
<vn='9'>And the high <sn="1116">places</s> of <sn="3446">Isaac</s> shall be <sn="8074">desolate</s>, and the <sn="4720">sanctuaries</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> shall be laid <sn="2717">waste</s>; and I will <sn="6965">rise</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> with the <sn="2719">sword</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Then <sn="558">Amaziah</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s> of <sn="1008">Bethel</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="5986">Amos</s> hath <sn="7194">conspired</s><sn="5921">against</s> thee in the <sn="7130">midst</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: the <sn="776">land</s> is not <sn="3201 3808">able</s> to <sn="3557">bear</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="1697">words</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="5986">Amos</s><sn="559">saith</s>, <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> shall <sn="4191">die</s> by the <sn="2719">sword</s>, and <sn="3478">Israel</s> shall surely be led away <sn="1540 1540">captive</s> out <sn="4480 5921">of</s> their own <sn="127">land</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Also <sn="558">Amaziah</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="5986">Amos</s>, O thou <sn="2374">seer</s>, <sn="1980">go</s>, flee thee <sn="1272">away</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="8033">there</s><sn="398">eat</s><sn="3899">bread</s>, and <sn="5012">prophesy</s><sn="8033">there</s>: </v>
<vn='13'>But <sn="5012">prophesy</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3254">again</s> any <sn="5750">more</s> at <sn="1008">Bethel</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">it</s> is the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="4720">chapel</s>, and <sn="1931">it</s> is the <sn="4467">king</s> 's <sn="1004">court</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Then <sn="6030">answered</s><sn="5986">Amos</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="558">Amaziah</s>, <sn="595">I</s> was <sn="3808">no</s><sn="5030">prophet</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> was <sn="595">I</s> a <sn="5030">prophet</s> 's <sn="1121">son</s>; <sn="3588">but</s><sn="595">I</s> was a <sn="951">herdsman</s>, and a <sn="1103">gatherer</s> of sycamore <sn="8256">fruit</s>: </v>
<vn='15'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="3947">took</s> me as I <sn="4480 310">followed</s> the <sn="6629">flock</s>, and the <sn="3068">Lord</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="1980">Go</s>, <sn="5012">prophesy</s><sn="413">unto</s> my <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="8085">hear</s> thou the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: <sn="859">Thou</s><sn="559">sayest</s>, <sn="5012">Prophesy</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="5197">drop</s><sn="3808">not</s> thy word <sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3446">Isaac</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; Thy <sn="802">wife</s> shall be a <sn="2181">harlot</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s>, and thy <sn="1121">sons</s> and thy <sn="1323">daughters</s> shall <sn="5307">fall</s> by the <sn="2719">sword</s>, and thy <sn="127">land</s> shall be <sn="2505">divided</s> by <sn="2256">line</s>; and <sn="859">thou</s> shalt <sn="4191">die</s><sn="5921">in</s> a <sn="2931">polluted</s><sn="127">land</s>: and <sn="3478">Israel</s> shall surely go into <sn="1540 1540">captivity</s> forth <sn="4480 5921">of</s> his <sn="127">land</s>. </v>