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Amos 7 is a reminder that while God's justice is real, so is His mercy. Intercession can change the course of events, even amid harsh predictions. However, justice cannot always be averted, especially when corruption persists. Despite opposition, we are called to stand firm in our faith and courageously proclaim God's truth. Verses 1-3: Vision ...
Amos 7. New International Version. Locusts, Fire and a Plumb Line. 7 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts after the king’s share had been harvested and just as the late crops were coming up. 2 When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, forgive!
- (10-13) Amaziah’s Words Against Amos.
- (14-15) The Answer from Amos.
- (16-17) The Answer from The Lord.
Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. For thus Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword, And Israel shall surely be led away captive From their own land.’” Then Amaziah said to Amos: “Go, you s...
Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah: “I was no prophet, nor was I a son of a prophet, But I was a sheepbreeder And a tender of sycamore fruit. Then the LORD took me as I followed the flock, And the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’ a. I was no prophet, nor was I a son of a prophet: Amos replied to Amaziah by noting that he was...
Now therefore, hear the word of the LORD: “You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, And do not spout against the house of Isaac.’ Therefore thus says the LORD: ‘Your wife shall be a harlot in the city; Your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword; Your land shall be divided by survey line; You shall die in a defiled land; And Israel shall surel...
1. (Amos 7:1-3) The vision of locusts. Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, He formed locust swarms at the beginning of the late crop; indeed it was the late crop after the king’s mowings. And so it was, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said: “O Lord GOD, forgive, I pray! Oh, that Jacob may stand, For he is small!”.
Amos chapter 7. English Standard Version. 1 This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, he was forming locusts when the latter growth was just beginning to sprout, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king 's mowings. 2 When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said, "O Lord God, please forgive!
Chapter 7. Visions of judgments to come upon Israel. (1-9) Amaziah threatens Amos. (10-17) Verses 1-9 God bears long, but he will not bear always with a provoking people. The remembrance of the mercies we formerly received, like the produce of the earth of the former growth, should make us submissive to the will of God, when we meet with disappointments in the latter growth.
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6 The Lord relented concerning this: “This also shall not be,” said the Lord God. 7 This is what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. 8 And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”. And I said, “A plumb line.”. Then the Lord said, “Behold, I am ...
