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7:1 |
hus hath the Lord God shewed vnto me, and behold, he formed grassehoppers in the beginning of the shooting vp of the latter grouth: and loe, it was the latter grouth after the kings mowings. |
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7:2 |
And it came to passe, that when they had made an ende of eating the grasse of the land, then I said; O Lord God, forgiue, I beseech thee, by whom shal Iacob arise? for he is small. |
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7:3 |
The Lord repented for this. It shall not be, saith the Lord. |
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7:4 |
Thus hath the Lord God shewed vnto me; and behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it deuoured the great deepe, and did eate vp a part. |
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7:5 |
Then said I, O Lord God , cease, I beseech thee, by whom shal Iacob arise? for he is small. |
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7:6 |
The Lord repented for this. This also shall not bee, saith the Lord God. |
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7:7 |
Thus hee shewed mee, and behold, the Lord stood vpon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. |
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7:8 |
And the Lord said vnto mee, Amos, what seest thou? And I sayd, A plumb-line. Then sayd the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel, I will not againe passe by them any more. |
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7:9 |
And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the Sanctuaries of Israel shalbe laide waste: and I will rise against the house of Ieroboam with the sword. |
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7:10 |
Then Amaziah the Priest of Beth-el sent to Ieroboam king of Israel, saying; Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to beare all his words. |
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7:11 |
For thus Amos saith, Ieroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captiue, out of their owne land. |
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7:12 |
Also Amaziah said vnto Amos, O thou Seer, goe, flee thee away into the land of Iudah, and there eate bread, and prophecie there. |
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7:13 |
But prophecie not againe any more at Beth-el: for it is the Kings Chappell, and it is the Kings Court. |
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7:14 |
Then answered Amos, and sayde to Amaziah; I was no Prophet, neither was I a Prophets sonne, but I was an heardman, and a gatherer of Sycomore fruit. |
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7:15 |
And the Lord tooke me as I followed the flocke, and the Lord said vnto me, Goe, prophecie vnto my people Israel. |
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7:16 |
Now therefore heare thou the worde of the Lord; Thou sayest, Prophecie not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac. |
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7:17 |
Therfore thus sayth the Lord; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sonnes and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be diuided by line: and thou shalt die in a polluted land, and Israel shall surely goe into captiuitie foorth of his land. |
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