2.
The plague of the first sign — locusts to eat the herbage of the land
7:1-3
Amos 7
:1
7:1
Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me, and there He was, forming
1alocusts in the beginning of the springing up of the spring crop; and it was the spring crop after the king’s mowings.
Amos 7
:2
7:2
And when
their eating of the herbage of the land was complete, I said,
1O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech You!
aHow will Jacob stand, for he is small?
Amos 7
:3
7:3
Jehovah arepented concerning this: It shall not be, says Jehovah.
3.
The plague of the second sign — fire to devour the great deep and the land
7:4-6
Amos 7
:4
7:4
Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me, and there the Lord Jehovah was, calling to contend
with them with
afire; and it devoured the great deep, and it devoured the land.
Amos 7
:5
7:5
Then I said, O Lord Jehovah, Stop, I beseech You!
aHow will Jacob stand, for he is small?
Amos 7
:6
7:6
Jehovah repented concerning this: This also shall not be, says the Lord Jehovah.
4.
The plague of the third sign — a plumb line in the Lord's hand
7:7-9
Amos 7
:7
7:7
Thus He showed me, and there the Lord was, standing upon a perfectly plumbed wall; and in His hand was a
1aplumb line.
Amos 7
:8
7:8
And Jehovah said to me, What do you see, Amos? And I said, A plumb line. And the Lord said, I am now setting a plumb line in the midst of My people Israel; I will not pass them by anymore.
Amos 7
:9
7:9
And the
1ahigh places of Isaac will be desolated,
And the sanctuaries of Israel will be made waste;
And I will rise up against the house of
bJeroboam with a
csword.
5.
The frustration of Amaziah the priest of Bethel
7:10-17
Amos 7
:10
7:10
Then Amaziah the
1priest of Bethel sent
word to Jeroboam the king of Israel, saying, Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is not able to endure all his words.
Amos 7
:11
7:11
For thus says Amos, By the sword Jeroboam will die, and Israel will surely go into
acaptivity out from its land.
Amos 7
:12
7:12
Then Amaziah said to Amos, Go, you seer; flee into the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there;
Amos 7
:13
7:13
But in
aBethel you shall not ever prophesy again, for it is the king’s sanctuary and it is the royal residence.
Amos 7
:14
7:14
Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, I am no prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet; rather I am a
aherdsman and a dresser of sycamores.
Amos 7
:15
7:15
And Jehovah took me from following the flock, and Jehovah said to me, Go, prophesy to My people Israel.
Amos 7
:16
7:16
And now hear the word of Jehovah: You say, You shall not prophesy against Israel, nor shall you speak against the house of Isaac.
Amos 7
:17
7:17
Therefore thus says Jehovah,
Your wife will go about as a harlot in the city,
And your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword,
And your land will be divided by the line,
And you yourself will die in a land that is unclean;
And Israel will indeed go into captivity
Out from its land.
