JPS - Amos - 7

7:1  Thus the L-rd 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.

7:2  And if it had come to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land--so I said: O L-rd GOD, forgive, I beseech Thee; how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

7:3  HaShem repented concerning this; 'It shall not be', saith HaShem.

7:4  Thus the L-rd GOD showed me; and, behold, the L-rd GOD called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.

7:5  Then said I: O L-rd GOD, cease, I beseech Thee; how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

7:6  HaShem repented concerning this; 'This also shall not be', saith the L-rd GOD.

7:7  Thus He showed me; and, behold, the L-rd stood beside a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in His hand.

7:8  And HaShem said unto me: 'Amos, what seest thou?' And I said: 'A plumbline.' Then said the L-rd: Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of My people Israel; I will not again pardon them any more;

7:9  And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

7:10  Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to 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.

7:11  For thus Amos saith: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'

7:12  Also Amaziah said unto Amos: 'O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there;

7:13  but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house.'

7:14  Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah: 'I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a dresser of sycamore-trees;

7:15  and HaShem took me from following the flock, and HaShem said unto me: Go, prophesy unto My people Israel.

7:16  Now therefore hear thou the word of HaShem: Thou sayest: Prophesy not against Israel, and preach not against the house of Isaac;

7:17  Therefore thus saith HaShem: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou thyself shalt die in an unclean land, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'