Thushath the Lord GOD shewedunto me; and, behold, he formedgrasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the lattergrowth; and, lo, it was the lattergrowthafter the king’smowings.
And it came to pass, thatwhenthey had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseechthee: by whomshallJacobarise? for he is small.
And the LORDsaidunto me, Amos, whatseestthou? And I said, A plumbline. Thensaid the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my peopleIsrael: I will not againpass by them any more:
And the highplaces of Isaacshall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israelshall be laidwaste; and I willriseagainst the house of Jeroboamwith the sword.
ThenAmaziah the priest of Bethelsent to Jeroboamking of Israel, saying, Amoshathconspiredagainstthee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
Thereforethussaith the LORD; Thy wifeshall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughtersshallfall by the sword, and thy landshall be divided by line; and thoushalt die in a pollutedland: and Israelshallsurely go intocaptivityforth of his land.