CHAP. 6.
Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, who are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! [1] [2]
2 Pass ye to Calneh, and see; and from there go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; [3]
4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the midst of the stall; [4]
5 That chant to the sound of the harp, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David; [5]
6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. [6] [7]
7 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore I will deliver up the city with all its abundance. [8]
9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, they shall die.
10 And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to him that is inside of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD. [9]
11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. [10]
12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
13 Ye who rejoice in a thing of nought, who say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the river of the wilderness. [11]
CHAP. 7.
Thus hath the Lord GOD shown to 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’s mowings. [12]
2 And it came to pass, that when they had stopped 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. [13]
3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
4 Thus hath the Lord GOD shown to me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and ate up a part.
5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. [14]
6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
7 Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
8 And the LORD said to 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 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.
10 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.
11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
12 Also Amaziah said to Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
13 But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is the king’s court. [15] [16]
14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit: [17]
15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel. [18]
16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
17 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 from his land into captivity.
CHAP. 8.
Thus hath the Lord GOD shown to me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou?
- ↑ are at...: or, are secure
- ↑ chief: or, firstfruits
- ↑ seat: or, habitation
- ↑ stretch...: or, abound with superfluities
- ↑ chant: or, quaver
- ↑ wine...: or, in bowls of wine
- ↑ affliction: Heb. breach
- ↑ that...: Heb. the fulness thereof
- ↑ we...: or, they will not, or, have not
- ↑ breaches: or, droppings
- ↑ river: or, valley
- ↑ grasshoppers: or, green worms
- ↑ by...: or, who of (or, for,) Jacob shall stand?
- ↑ by...: or, who of (or, for,) Jacob shall stand?
- ↑ chapel: or, sanctuary
- ↑ king’s court: Heb. house of the kingdom
- ↑ sycomore...: or, wild figs
- ↑ as...: Heb. from behind
