| Berean Study Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up. | 1Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, He was forming a locust-swarm when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king's mowing. |
| 2And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?” | 2And it came about, when it had finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said, "Lord GOD, please pardon! How can Jacob stand, For he is small?" |
| 3So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said. | 3The LORD changed His mind about this. "It shall not be," said the LORD. |
| 4This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land. | 4Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, the Lord GOD was calling to contend with them by fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the farm land. |
| 5Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?” | 5Then I said, "Lord GOD, please stop! How can Jacob stand, for he is small?" |
| 6So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD. | 6The LORD changed His mind about this. "This too shall not be," said the Lord GOD. |
| 7This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand. | 7Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand. |
| 8“Amos, what do you see?” asked the LORD. “A plumb line,” I replied. “Behold,” said the Lord, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them: | 8The LORD said to me, "What do you see, Amos?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold I am about to put a plumb line In the midst of My people Israel. I will spare them no longer. |
| 9The high places of Isaac will be deserted, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with My sword.” | 9"The high places of Isaac will be desolated And the sanctuaries of Israel laid waste. Then I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword." |
| 10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words, | 10Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words. |
| 11for this is what Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’ ” | 11"For thus Amos says, 'Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.'" |
| 12And Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there. | 12Then Amaziah said to Amos, "Go, you seer, flee away to the land of Judah and there eat bread and there do your prophesying! |
| 13But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.” | 13"But no longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a sanctuary of the king and a royal residence." |
| 14“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees. | 14Then Amos replied to Amaziah, "I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs. |
| 15But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’ | 15"But the LORD took me from following the flock and the LORD said to me, 'Go prophesy to My people Israel.' |
| 16Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’ | 16"Now hear the word of the LORD: you are saying, 'You shall not prophesy against Israel nor shall you speak against the house of Isaac.' |
| 17Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’ ” | 17"Therefore, thus says the LORD, 'Your wife will become a harlot in the city, your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line and you yourself will die upon unclean soil. Moreover, Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.'" |
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