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;

This is what the Lord God showed me: He was making a gathering of locusts when the spring grain began to grow. The spring grain was after the king’s share had been cut.

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?'

When they had finished eating the grass I said, “Lord God, forgive! O that Jacob may stay alive for he is so small!”

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

So the Lord changed His mind about this. “It will not be,” said the Lord. Special Dream about Fire

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:

This is what the Lord God showed me: The Lord God was calling for a punishment by fire. It dried up the deep waters and began to destroy the farm land.

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

Then I said, “Lord God, I beg You to stop! How can Jacob stay alive, for he is so small?”

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

So the Lord changed His mind about this. “This also will not be,” said the Lord God. Special Dream about a String

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;

This is what He showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall made straight by a string held 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 string.” Then the Lord said, “See, I am about to put a straight string among my people Israel. I will not change My mind again about punishing them.

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 destroyed. The holy places of Israel will be laid waste. Then I will rise up against the people of Jeroboam with the sword.” Amos and Amaziah

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 religious leader of Bethel, sent word to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, “Amos has made plans against you among the people of Israel. His words will destroy the land.

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

For this is what Amos is saying: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and the people of Israel will be taken away from their own land to a strange land.’”

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 who tell what is going to happen in the future! Run away to the land of Judah! There eat your bread, and there speak your words!

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

But never speak about your special dreams again at Bethel. For it is a holy place of the king, a place where the nation worships.”

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,

Amos answered Amaziah, saying, “I am not a man who tells what is going to happen in the future, or the son of such a man. I take care of sheep and cattle, and grow fig trees.

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 said to me, ‘Go and speak in My name 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,

So now hear the Word of the Lord. You are saying, ‘Do not speak against Israel or preach against the people 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.'

So this is what the Lord says: ‘Your wife will sell the use of her body in the city. Your sons and daughters will be killed by the sword. Your land will be divided and given to others. You yourself will die in an unclean land. And Israel will be driven away from this land to a strange country.’”