2 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the vegetation of ha'aretz, then I said, O Adonoi Hashem, forgive, I beseech thee; how shall Ya'akov survive? For he is katon.

3 Hashem relented for this; It shall not be, saith Hashem.

4 Thus hath Adonoi Hashem showed unto me; and, hinei, Adonoi Hashem called to punish with eish, and it devoured the tehom rabbah (great deep), and did devour the chelek (portion).

5 Then said I, O Adonoi Hashem, cease, I beseech thee; how shall Ya'akov survive? For he is katon.

6 Hashem relented for this: This also shall not be, saith Adonoi Hashem.

7 Thus He showed me; and, hinei, Hashem stood upon a chomah (wall) made with a plumb line, and a plumb line in His hand.

8 And Hashem said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumb line. Then said Hashem, Hineni, I will set a plumb line in the midst of My people Yisroel; I will not again pass by them [and spare them] anymore;

9 And the high places of Yitzchak shall be desolate, and the mikdeshei Yisroel (T.N. i.e., heathen sanctuaries) shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the Bais Yarov`am with the cherev.

10 Then Amatzyah the kohen of Beit-El sent to Yarov`am Melech Yisroel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of Bais Yisroel; the land is not able to bear all his words. 11 For thus Amos saith, Yarov`am shall die by the cherev, and Yisroel shall surely be led away into the golus out of their own land. 12 Also Amatzyah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into Eretz Yehudah, and there eat lechem, and prophesy there: 13 But prophesy not again any more at Beit-El; for it is the Mikdash Melech, and it is the Bais Mamlachah.

14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amatzyah, I was no navi, neither was I a ben navi; but I was a herder, and a dresser of sycamore-fig trees; 15 And Hashem took me as I followed the tzon, and Hashem said unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Yisroel. 16 Now therefore hear thou the Devar Hashem: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Yisroel, and drop not thy word against the Bais Yitzchak. 17 Therefore thus saith Hashem: Thy isha shall be a zonah in the city, and thy banim and thy banot shall fall by the cherev, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in an adamah temei'ah (unclean land); and Yisroel shall surely go forth of his land into golus (exile).