Amo 7
1 Locust, Fire, and Adamant
Thus [
3showed
4to me
1the LORD 2God]; and behold, a breed of locusts coming in early morning, and behold [
2grasshopper
1one] -- Gog the king.
2And it shall be when [
7should be completed
1the
2devouring
3the
4grass
5of the
6land], that I said, O
LORD, [
2kind
1be]! Who shall raise up Jacob, for he is very few?
3Change
your mind, O
LORD, over this! And this shall not be, says
the LORD.
4Thus [
2showed
3to me
1the LORD]. And behold [
2called
3punishment
4by
5fire
1the LORD], and it devoured the [
2abyss
1great], and it devoured the portion.
5And I said, O
LORD God, abate indeed! Who shall raise up Jacob, for he is very few? Change
your mind, O
LORD, over this!
6And this in no way should be, says
the LORD.
7So [
2showed
3to me
1the LORD]. And behold,
the Lord was standing upon a wall of adamantine, and in his hand adamant.
8And
the LORD said to me, What do you see, Amos? And I said, Adamant. And
the Lord said to me, Behold, I arrange an adamant in
the midst of my people Israel; no longer shall I proceed to go by it.
9And [
3shall be obliterated
1the shrines
2of laughter]; and the
sites of the mystic rites of Israel shall be made desolate. And I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with a broadsword.
10And [
4sent out
1Amaziah
2the
3priest] of Beth-el to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, [
3a confederacy
2makes
4against
5you
1Amos] in
the midst of the house of Israel. In no way will [
3be able
1the
2land] to endure all his words.
11For thus says Amos, By
the broadsword Jeroboam shall come to an end, and Israel [
2captive
1shall be led] from his land.
12And Amaziah said to Amos, the one seeing, Proceed! Withdraw into
the land of Judah, and there spend your life! and there you shall prophesy.
13But in Beth-el no longer shall you proceed to prophesy. For [
2a sanctuary
3for the king
1it is], and [
2a house
3of royalty
1it is].
14And Amos answered and said to Amaziah, I was not a prophet, nor a son of a prophet; but I was a herder, one plucking fruit of the mulberry-tree.
15And [
2took
3me
1the LORD] from the sheep, and
the LORD said to me, Proceed and prophesy over my people Israel!
16And now, hear
the word of
the LORD! You say, Prophesy not over Israel! for in no way should you lead a mob against the house of Jacob.
17On account of this, thus says
the LORD, Your wife [
2in
3the
4city
1shall commit harlotry]; and your sons and your daughters [
2by
3the broadsword
1shall fall]; and your land [
2by
3a measuring line
1shall be measured out]; and you [
2in
4land
3an unclean
1shall come to an end]; and Israel [
2captive
1shall be led] from his land.