1 T hus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and lo, He is forming locusts at the beginning of the ascending of the latter growth, and lo, the latter growth after the mowings of the king;

Thus 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.

2 a nd it hath come to pass, when it hath finished to consume the herb of the land, that I say: `Lord Jehovah, forgive, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise -- for he small?'

And 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?”

3 J ehovah hath repented of this, `It shall not be,' said Jehovah.

The Lord changed His mind about this. “It shall not be,” said the Lord.

4 T hus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and lo, the Lord Jehovah is calling to contend by fire, and it consumeth the great deep, yea, it hath consumed the portion, and I say:

Thus 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.

5 ` Lord Jehovah, cease, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise -- for he small?'

Then I said, “ Lord God, please stop! How can Jacob stand, for he is small?”

6 J ehovah hath repented of this, `It also shall not be,' said the Lord Jehovah.

The Lord changed His mind about this. “This too shall not be,” said the Lord God.

7 T hus hath He shewed me, and lo, the Lord is standing by a wall a plumb-line, and in His hand a plumb-line;

Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand.

8 a nd Jehovah saith unto me, `What art thou seeing, Amos?' And I say, `A plumb-line;' and the Lord saith: `Lo, I am setting a plumb-line in the midst of My people Israel, I do not add any more to pass over to it.

The 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.

9 A nd desolated have been high places of Isaac, And sanctuaries of Israel are wasted, And I have risen against the house of Jeroboam with a sword.'

“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.” Amos Accused, Answers

10 A nd Amaziah priest of Beth-El sendeth unto 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,

Then 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.

11 f or thus said Amos: By sword die doth Jeroboam, And Israel certainly removeth from off its land.'

For thus Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”

12 A nd Amaziah saith unto Amos, `Seer, go flee for thee unto the land of Judah, and eat there bread, and there thou dost prophesy;

Then Amaziah said to Amos, “ Go, you seer, flee away to the land of Judah and there eat bread and there do your prophesying!

13 a nd Beth-El do not add to prophesy any more, for it the king's sanctuary, and it the royal house.'

But no longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a sanctuary of the king and a royal residence.”

14 A nd Amos answereth and saith unto Amaziah, `I no prophet, nor a prophet's son I, but a herdsman I, and a cultivator of sycamores,

Then 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.

15 a nd Jehovah taketh me from after the flock, and Jehovah saith unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Israel.

But the Lord took me from following the flock and the Lord said to me, ‘Go prophesy to My people Israel.’

16 A nd now, hear a word of Jehovah: thou art saying, Do not prophesy against Israel, nor drop against the house of Isaac,

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.’

17 t herefore thus said Jehovah: Thy wife in the city doth go a-whoring, And thy sons and thy daughters by sword do fall, And thy land by line is apportioned, And thou on an unclean land diest, And Israel certainly removeth from off its land.'

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.’”