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Thus hath the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]shewed[H7200] unto me; and, behold, he formed[H3335]grasshoppers[H1462] in the beginning[H8462] of the shooting up[H5927] of the latter growth[H3954]; and, lo, it was the latter growth[H3954]after[H310] the king's mowings[H1488].
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And it came to pass, that when they had made an end[H3615] of eating[H398] the grass[H6212] of the land[H776], then I said[H559], O Lord[H136]GOD[H3069], forgive[H5545], I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob[H3290]arise?[H6965] for he is small[H6996].
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The LORD[H3068]repented[H5162] for this: It shall not be, saith[H559] the LORD[H3068].
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Thus hath the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]shewed[H7200] unto me: and, behold, the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]called[H7121] to contend[H7378] by fire[H784], and it devoured[H398] the great[H7227]deep[H8415], and did eat up[H398] a part[H2506].
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Then said[H559] I, O Lord[H136]GOD[H3069], cease[H2308], I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob[H3290]arise?[H6965] for he is small[H6996].
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The LORD[H3068]repented[H5162] for this: This also shall not be, saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].
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Thus he shewed[H7200] me: and, behold, the Lord[H136]stood[H5324] upon a wall[H2346] made by a plumbline[H594], with a plumbline[H594] in his hand[H3027].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto me, Amos[H5986], what seest[H7200] thou? And I said[H559], A plumbline[H594]. Then said[H559] the Lord[H136], Behold, I will set[H7760] a plumbline[H594] in the midst[H7130] of my people[H5971]Israel[H3478]: I will not again[H3254] pass by[H5674] them any more:
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And the high places[H1116] of Isaac[H3446] shall be desolate[H8074], and the sanctuaries[H4720] of Israel[H3478] shall be laid waste[H2717]; and I will rise[H6965] against the house[H1004] of Jeroboam[H3379] with the sword[H2719].
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Then Amaziah[H558] the priest[H3548] of Bethel[H1008]sent[H7971] to Jeroboam[H3379]king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], saying[H559], Amos[H5986] hath conspired[H7194] against thee in the midst[H7130] of the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]: the land[H776] is not able[H3201] to bear[H3557] all his words[H1697].
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For thus Amos[H5986]saith[H559], Jeroboam[H3379] shall die[H4191] by the sword[H2719], and Israel[H3478] shall surely[H1540] be led away captive[H1540] out of their own land[H127].
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Also Amaziah[H558]said[H559] unto Amos[H5986], O thou seer[H2374], go[H3212], flee thee away[H1272] into the land[H776] of Judah[H3063], and there eat[H398]bread[H3899], and prophesy[H5012] there:
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But prophesy[H5012] not again[H3254] any more at Bethel[H1008]: for it is the king's chapel[H4720], and it is the king's court[H1004].
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Then answered[H6030]Amos[H5986], and said[H559] to Amaziah[H558], I was no prophet[H5030], neither was I a prophet[H5030]'s son[H1121]; but I was an herdman[H951], and a gatherer[H1103] of sycomore fruit[H8256]:
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And the LORD[H3068]took[H3947] me as I followed[H310] the flock[H6629], and the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto me, Go[H3212], prophesy[H5012] unto my people[H5971]Israel[H3478].
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Now therefore hear[H8085] thou the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068]: Thou sayest[H559], Prophesy[H5012] not against Israel[H3478], and drop[H5197] not thy word[H1697] against the house[H1004] of Isaac[H3446].
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Thy wife[H802] shall be an harlot[H2181]in[H5921] the city[H5892], and thy sons[H1121] and thy daughters[H1323] shall fall[H5307] by the sword[H2719], and thy land[H127] shall be divided[H2505] by line[H2256]; and thou shalt die[H4191]in[H5921] a polluted[H2931]land[H127]: and Israel[H3478] shall surely[H1540] go into captivity[H1540] forth of his land[H127].