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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Amos 7 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/amos/7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/amos/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Amos 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../amos/6.htm" title="Amos 6">◄</a> Amos 7 <a href="../amos/8.htm" title="Amos 8">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/amos/7.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Locusts, Fire and a Plumb Line</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>This is what the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts after the king’s share had been harvested and just as the late crops were coming up. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, “Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>, forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So the <span class="name">Lord</span> relented.</p><p class="reg">“This will not happen,” the <span class="name">Lord</span> said.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>This is what the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> showed me: The Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> was calling for judgment by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured the land. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then I cried out, “Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So the <span class="name">Lord</span> relented.</p><p class="reg">“This will not happen either,” the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> said.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.">a</a></sup></span> with a plumb line <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain; also in verse 8.">b</a></sup></span> in his hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And the <span class="name">Lord</span> asked me, “What do you see, Amos?”</p><p class="reg">“A plumb line,” I replied.</p><p class="reg">Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.</p> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“The high places of Isaac will be destroyed</p><p class="line2">and the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined;</p><p class="line2">with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam.”</p></div> <p class="sectionhead">Amos and Amaziah</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel: “Amos is raising a conspiracy against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For this is what Amos is saying:</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“ ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword,</p><p class="line2">and Israel will surely go into exile,</p><p class="line2">away from their native land.’ ”</p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But the <span class="name">Lord</span> took me from tending the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Now then, hear the word of the <span class="name">Lord</span>. You say,</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“ ‘Do not prophesy against Israel,</p><p class="line2">and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.’</p></div> <p class="introduction"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Therefore this is what the <span class="name">Lord</span> says:</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“ ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city,</p><p class="line2">and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword.</p><p class="line1">Your land will be measured and divided up,</p><p class="line2">and you yourself will die in a pagan <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew an unclean">c</a></sup></span> country.</p><p class="line1">And Israel will surely go into exile,</p><p class="line2">away from their native land.’ ”</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotebot">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotebot">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain; also in verse 8.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotebot">Hebrew <i>an unclean</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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