{"id":1726,"date":"2015-01-10T13:47:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/amo07\/"},"modified":"2020-03-09T05:26:48","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T09:26:48","slug":"amo07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/amo07\/","title":{"rendered":"Amos 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 7<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, <span class=\"add\">it was<\/span> the latter growth after the king\u2019s mowings.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And it came to pass, <span class=\"add\">that<\/span> when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> small.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> small.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall <span class=\"add\">made<\/span> by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the LORD said 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 people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king 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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> the king\u2019s chapel, and it <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> the king\u2019s court. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> no prophet, neither <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> I a prophet\u2019s son; but I <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not <span class=\"add\">thy word<\/span> against the house of Isaac.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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 die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>Amos Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/amo01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/amo02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/amo03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/amo04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/amo05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/amo06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/amo07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/amo08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/amo09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7 1\u00a0Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king\u2019s mowings. 2\u00a0And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. 3\u00a0The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. 4\u00a0Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. 5\u00a0Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. 6\u00a0The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD. 7\u00a0Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. 8\u00a0And the LORD said 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 people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more: 9\u00a0And 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\u00a0Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king 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\u00a0For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-1726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-amos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3948,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726\/revisions\/3948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}