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I saw him preparing to send a vast swarm of locusts over the land. This was after the king’s share had been harvested from the fields and as the main crop was coming up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/amos/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, he was forming locusts when the latter growth was just beginning to sprout, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/amos/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />This 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/amos/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, <i>it was</i> the latter growth after the king's mowings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/amos/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Thus the Lord GOD showed me: Behold, He formed locust swarms at the beginning of the late crop; indeed <i>it was</i> the late crop after the king’s mowings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/amos/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, He was forming a swarm of locusts when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop <i>was</i> after the king’s mowing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/amos/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />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&#8217s mowing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/amos/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />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 <i>was</i> after the king’s mowing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/amos/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Thus Lord Yahweh showed me, and behold, He was forming a locust-swarm when the spring crop began to come up. And behold, the spring crop <i>was</i> after the king’s mowing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/amos/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Thus the Lord GOD showed me [a vision], and behold, He was forming a swarm of locusts when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king’s mowing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/amos/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Lord GOD showed me this: He was forming a swarm of locusts at the time the spring crop first began to sprout—after the cutting of the king’s hay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/amos/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Lord GOD showed me this: He was forming a swarm of locusts at the time the spring crop first began to sprout—after the cutting of the king&#8217s hay. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/amos/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/amos/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD God showed me that he is going to send locusts to attack your crops. It will happen after the king has already been given his share of the grain and before the rest of the grain has been harvested. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/amos/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thus the Lord GOD shewed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/amos/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />This is what the Almighty LORD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts when the second crop was being harvested. It was the harvest that followed the harvest for the king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/amos/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I had a vision from the Sovereign LORD. In it I saw him create a swarm of locusts just after the king's share of the hay had been cut and the grass was starting to grow again. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/amos/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD showed me: Look! He was forming locust swarms as the latter plantings were just beginning to sprout. Indeed, the king had just taken his first fruit tax.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/amos/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />This 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/amos/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The sovereign LORD showed me this: I saw him making locusts just as the crops planted late were beginning to sprout. (The crops planted late sprout after the royal harvest.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/amos/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />This is what the LORD showed me: And look, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and look, it was the latter growth after the king's harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/amos/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thus hath the Lord GOD shown to me; and behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/amos/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s harvest. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/amos/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus Lord YHWH has showed me, and behold, He is forming locusts at the beginning of the ascending of the latter growth, and behold, the latter growth [is] after the mowings of the king [[or King Gog]];<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/amos/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thus 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 is after the mowings of the king;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/amos/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thus the Lord Jehovah caused me to see; and behold, he will form locusts in the beginning of the coming up of the latter grass; and behold, the latter grass after the moorings of the king.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/amos/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />These things the Lord God shewed to me: and behold the locust was formed in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter rain, and lo, it was the latter rain after the king's mowing. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/amos/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />These things the Lord God has revealed to me. And behold, the locust was formed at the beginning of the germination during the latter rains, and behold, the latter rains came after the thundering of the king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/amos/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was forming a locust swarm when the late growth began to come up (the late growth after the king’s mowing ).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/amos/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD showed me: he was forming locusts at the time the latter growth began to sprout (it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings).<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/amos/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />THUS has the LORD God showed me: behold, a plague of locusts coming up in the beginning of springing up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/amos/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Thus showed me The Lord of Lords: a creation of locusts at the beginning of growth of late grass and that late grass after the mowing was the King’s<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/amos/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thus the Lord GOD showed me; and, behold, He formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/amos/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thus has the Lord God shewed me; and, behold, a swarm of locusts coming from the east; and, behold, one caterpillar, king Gog.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/amos/7-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4uh7eMswjw?start=1129" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/amos/7.htm">The Locusts, Fire, and Plumb Line</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: hir·’a·nî (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms:: 1cs) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">showed me:</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/3335.htm" title="3335: yō·w·ṣêr (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- Probably identical with yatsar;); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. Form a resolution).">He was preparing</a> <a href="/hebrew/1462.htm" title="1462: gō·ḇay (N-mp) -- Locusts. From guwb; the locust.">swarms of locusts</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥar (Adv) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">just after</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: ham·me·leḵ (Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">the king’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1488.htm" title="1488: giz·zê (N-mpc) -- A shearing, mowing. From gazaz; a fleece; also mown grass.">harvest,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ‘ă·lō·wṯ (V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">as the late spring crop</a> <a href="/hebrew/3954.htm" title="3954: hal·lā·qeš (Art:: N-ms) -- The after-growth, spring crop. From laqash; the after crop."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8462.htm" title="8462: biṯ·ḥil·laṯ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- A beginning. From chalal in the sense of opening; a commencement; rel. Original.">was coming up.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh- (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/3954.htm" title="3954: le·qeš (N-ms) -- The after-growth, spring crop. From laqash; the after crop."></a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>And 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?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Joel 1:4</a></span><br />What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/10-12.htm">Exodus 10:12-15</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has left behind.” / So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts. / The locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-14.htm">Jeremiah 51:14</a></span><br />The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/33-4.htm">Isaiah 33:4</a></span><br />Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/3-15.htm">Nahum 3:15-17</a></span><br />There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and consume you like a young locust. Make yourself many like the young locust; make yourself many like the swarming locust! / You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away. / Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/9-3.htm">Revelation 9:3-7</a></span><br />And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth. / They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. / The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-25.htm">Joel 2:25</a></span><br />I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-38.htm">Deuteronomy 28:38</a></span><br />You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-37.htm">1 Kings 8:37</a></span><br />When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-34.htm">Psalm 105:34-35</a></span><br />He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number. / They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/8-7.htm">Revelation 8:7</a></span><br />Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/46-23.htm">Jeremiah 46:23</a></span><br />They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/7-18.htm">Isaiah 7:18</a></span><br />On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/6-5.htm">Judges 6:5</a></span><br />For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-13.htm">Revelation 16:13-14</a></span><br />And I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet. / These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Thus has the Lord GOD showed to me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, see, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.</p><p class="hdg">shewed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/7-4.htm">Amos 7:4,7</a></b></br> Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/8-1.htm">Amos 8:1</a></b></br> Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/1-11.htm">Jeremiah 1:11-16</a></b></br> Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree… </p><p class="hdg">he.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/4-9.htm">Amos 4:9</a></b></br> I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured <i>them</i>: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/10-12.htm">Exodus 10:12-16</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, <i>even</i> all that the hail hath left… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/33-4.htm">Isaiah 33:4</a></b></br> And your spoil shall be gathered <i>like</i> the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.</p><p class="hdg">grasshoppers.</p><p class="hdg">mowings.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/1-2.htm">Beginning</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Crop</a> <a href="/amos/2-9.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-19.htm">Formed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-8.htm">Forming</a> <a href="/joel/1-18.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-23.htm">Grasshoppers</a> <a href="/hosea/9-12.htm">Growth</a> <a href="/amos/4-7.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-4.htm">Harvested</a> <a href="/daniel/11-26.htm">King's</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Late</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-23.htm">Locusts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-19.htm">Preparing</a> <a href="/daniel/11-13.htm">Second</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-20.htm">Share</a> <a href="/joel/2-30.htm">Shew</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-26.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-29.htm">Shooting</a> <a href="/daniel/2-29.htm">Showed</a> <a href="/amos/6-8.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/amos/3-5.htm">Spring</a> <a href="/hosea/14-6.htm">Sprout</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-19.htm">Starting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-9.htm">Swarms</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/micah/1-13.htm">Beginning</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-17.htm">Crop</a> <a href="/amos/9-13.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-1.htm">Formed</a> <a href="/acts/27-2.htm">Forming</a> <a href="/amos/7-2.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/nahum/3-15.htm">Grasshoppers</a> <a href="/jonah/4-10.htm">Growth</a> <a href="/micah/6-15.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/revelation/14-16.htm">Harvested</a> <a href="/amos/7-13.htm">King's</a> <a href="/matthew/14-15.htm">Late</a> <a href="/nahum/3-17.htm">Locusts</a> <a href="/malachi/4-3.htm">Preparing</a> <a href="/jonah/3-1.htm">Second</a> <a href="/matthew/21-34.htm">Share</a> <a href="/amos/7-4.htm">Shew</a> <a href="/amos/7-4.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/genesis/19-25.htm">Shooting</a> <a href="/amos/7-4.htm">Showed</a> <a href="/amos/7-2.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-1.htm">Spring</a> <a href="/luke/21-30.htm">Sprout</a> <a href="/matthew/14-30.htm">Starting</a> <a href="/nahum/3-17.htm">Swarms</a><div class="vheading2">Amos 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/7-1.htm">The judgments of the grasshoppers,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/7-4.htm">and of the fire are diverted by the prayer of Amos.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/7-7.htm">By the wall of a plumb line is signified the rejection of Israel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/7-10.htm">Amaziah complains of Amos.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/7-14.htm">Amos shows his calling</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/7-16.htm">and Amaziah's judgment.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Visions were a common way God communicated with His prophets, providing them with divine insight into His plans and purposes. Amos, a shepherd and fig tree farmer from Tekoa, was called by God to prophesy to the Northern Kingdom of Israel. This vision underscores the authority and divine origin of the message Amos is about to deliver.<p><b>He was preparing swarms of locusts:</b><br>Locusts are often used in the Bible as instruments of divine judgment. In the ancient Near East, locust plagues were feared for their ability to devastate crops and cause famine. The preparation of locusts signifies an impending judgment from God due to Israel's persistent sin and rebellion. This imagery is reminiscent of the plagues in Egypt (<a href="/exodus/10-12.htm">Exodus 10:12-15</a>) and serves as a warning of the consequences of disobedience.<p><b>just after the king’s harvest:</b><br>The timing of the locust swarm is significant. The "king's harvest" likely refers to the first cutting of crops, which was often reserved for the king as a form of tax or tribute. This indicates that the locusts would come after the initial harvest, targeting the remaining crops that the people depended on for sustenance. This highlights the severity of the judgment, as it would lead to economic hardship and food scarcity.<p><b>as the late spring crop was coming up:</b><br>The late spring crop, or the "second growth," was crucial for the survival of the people, as it provided food for the coming months. The destruction of this crop by locusts would have dire consequences, leading to famine and suffering. This timing emphasizes the thoroughness of God's judgment, leaving no room for recovery or hope apart from repentance. The imagery of locusts consuming the late crop also connects to <a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Joel 1:4</a>, where a similar judgment is described, reinforcing the theme of divine retribution for sin.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The Lord GOD</a></b><br>The sovereign and divine authority who reveals the vision to Amos. In Hebrew, "Adonai Yahweh" emphasizes God's lordship and covenant relationship with Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/amos.htm">Amos</a></b><br>A prophet from Tekoa, called by God to deliver messages of judgment and repentance to Israel. His role is to communicate God's visions and warnings.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/swarms_of_locusts.htm">Swarms of Locusts</a></b><br>Symbolic of impending judgment and devastation. In the agrarian society of Israel, locusts represented a severe threat to survival and prosperity.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_king's_harvest.htm">The King’s Harvest</a></b><br>Refers to the initial harvest, likely reserved for the king's use, indicating the severity of the locust plague as it affects even the royal provisions.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/l/late_spring_crop.htm">Late Spring Crop</a></b><br>Represents the subsequent harvest, crucial for the sustenance of the people, highlighting the comprehensive nature of the impending disaster.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>God is in control of nature and uses it to fulfill His purposes. Recognize His authority and respond with humility and repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_prophet.htm">The Role of the Prophet</a></b><br>Prophets are called to deliver God's message, even when it is difficult. We are also called to speak truth in love, guided by the Holy Spirit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_repentance.htm">The Urgency of Repentance</a></b><br>The vision of locusts serves as a warning. We must examine our lives and turn from sin before judgment comes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god_for_provision.htm">Dependence on God for Provision</a></b><br>The threat to the harvest reminds us of our reliance on God for our daily needs. Trust in His provision and seek His kingdom first.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_sin_on_community.htm">The Impact of Sin on Community</a></b><br>The locust plague affects the entire nation, illustrating how sin and disobedience can have widespread consequences. Strive for personal holiness and communal accountability.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_amos_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Amos 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_amos_7_1-2_locust_plague.htm">Amos 7:1–2 – Is there any archaeological or historical evidence for a locust plague of such magnitude as described here? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_symbols_show_themes_in_amos.htm">What symbols convey themes in the Book of Amos?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_themes_in_amos.htm">What are the key themes in the Book of Amos?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_would_moses'_plea_alter_god's_plan.htm">Deuteronomy 9:25–29 – If God knows all outcomes, why would fervent intercession by Moses change God’s course of action regarding Israel’s punishment?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/amos/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) Each of the visions is introduced with closely resembling words. For "grasshopper," read <span class= "ital">locusts.</span> The phrase "king's mowings" suggests that the king claimed tyrannically the first-fruits of the hay harvest, which was ordinarily followed by the early "rain upon the mown grass." (Comp. <a href="/1_kings/18-5.htm" title="And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go into the land, to all fountains of water, and to all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.">1Kings 18:5</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1-ch. 9:10.</span> - Part III. FIVE VISIONS, WITH EXPLANATIONS, CONTINUING AND CONFIRMING THE PREVIOUS PROPHECY. The afflictions are climactic, increasing in intensity. The first two symbolize judgments which have been averted by the prophet's intercession; the third and fourth adumbrate judgments which are to fall inevitably; and the fifth proclaims the overthrow of the temple and the old theocracy. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 1-3.</span> - § 1. <span class="accented">The first vision, of locusts, represents Israel as a field eaten down to the ground, but shooting up afresh, and its utter destruction postponed at the prophet's prayer.</span> <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me.</span> By an inward illumination (comp. vers. 4, 7; and <a href="/amos/8-1.htm">Amos 8:1</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/24-1.htm">Jeremiah 24:1-3</a>). <span class="cmt_word">He formed grasshoppers;</span> rather, <span class="accented">locusts</span> (<a href="/nahum/3-17.htm">Nahum 3:17</a>). This points to the moral government of God, who uses nature to work his purposes, "wind and storm fulfilling his word." <span class="cmt_word">In the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth;</span> when the aftermath was beginning to grow under the influence of the latter rains. If the herbage was destroyed then, there would be no hope of recovery in the rest of the year. <span class="cmt_word">After the king's mowings.</span> It is deduced from this expression that the first crop on certain grounds was taken for the king's use - a kind of royal perquisite, though there is no trace of such a custom found in Scripture, the passage in <a href="/1_kings/18-5.htm">1 Kings 18:5</a>, where Ahab sends Obadiah to search for pasture, having plainly nothing to do with it; and in this case, as Keil remarks, the plague would seem to fall upon the people only, and the guilty king would have escaped. But to interpret the expression entirely in a spiritual sense, with no substantial basis, as "Jehovah's judgments," destroys the harmony of the vision, ignoring its material aspect altogether. It is quite possible that the custom above mentioned did exist, though it was probably limited to certain lands, and did not apply to the whole pasturage of the country. It is here mentioned to define the time of the plague of locusts - the time, in fact, when its ravages would be most irremediable. The LXX., by a little change of letters, render, <span class="greek">ἰδοὺ βροῦχος εῖς Γὼν ὁ βασιλεύς</span>, by which they imply that the locusts would be as innumerable as the army of Gog. The whole version is, "Behold, a swarm of locusts coming from the East; and behold, one caterpillar, King Gog." The vision is thought to refer to the first invasion by the Assyrians, when Pul was bribed by Menahem to withdraw. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/amos/7-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">This is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(kōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Lord</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנָ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Lord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">GOD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוִ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">showed me:</span><br /><span class="heb">הִרְאַ֙נִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(hir·’a·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He was preparing</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹצֵ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·ṣêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3335.htm">Strong's 3335: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">swarms of locusts</span><br /><span class="heb">גֹּבַ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(gō·ḇay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1462.htm">Strong's 1462: </a> </span><span class="str2">The locust</span><br /><br /><span class="word">just after</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחַ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the king's</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ham·me·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">harvest,</span><br /><span class="heb">גִּזֵּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(giz·zê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1488.htm">Strong's 1488: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fleece, mown grass</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as the late spring crop</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲל֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·lō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was coming up.</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(biṯ·ḥil·laṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8462.htm">Strong's 8462: </a> </span><span class="str2">A commencement, rel, original</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/7-1.htm">Amos 7:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/amos/7-1.htm">Amos 7:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/amos/7-1.htm">Amos 7:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/amos/7-1.htm">Amos 7:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/amos/7-1.htm">Amos 7:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/7-1.htm">Amos 7:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/7-1.htm">Amos 7:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/7-1.htm">Amos 7:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/amos/7-1.htm">Amos 7:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/amos/7-1.htm">Amos 7:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/amos/7-1.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 7:1 Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: (Amo. 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