{
 "translation": "KJV",
 "book": "Amos",
 "chapter": 7,
 "verses": [
  {
   "v": 1,
   "t": "Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto 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."
  },
  {
   "v": 2,
   "t": "And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of 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."
  },
  {
   "v": 3,
   "t": "The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD."
  },
  {
   "v": 4,
   "t": "Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part."
  },
  {
   "v": 5,
   "t": "Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small."
  },
  {
   "v": 6,
   "t": "The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD."
  },
  {
   "v": 7,
   "t": "Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand."
  },
  {
   "v": 8,
   "t": "And the LORD said unto 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:"
  },
  {
   "v": 9,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 10,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 11,
   "t": "For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land."
  },
  {
   "v": 12,
   "t": "Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:"
  },
  {
   "v": 13,
   "t": "But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court."
  },
  {
   "v": 14,
   "t": "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 sycomore fruit:"
  },
  {
   "v": 15,
   "t": "And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel."
  },
  {
   "v": 16,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 17,
   "t": "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 into captivity forth of his land."
  }
 ],
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