Amos 7:7–15

^7aThus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, ^fwith a plumbline in his hand. ⁸And the Lord said unto me, ^eeAmos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord,

Behold, ^fI will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel:

^gI will not again pass by them any more:

⁹And ^†the high places of Isaac shall be desolate,

And the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste;

And I will rise against ^hthe house of Jeroboam with the sword.

¹⁰Then Amaziah ⁱthe priest of ^kBeth-el sent to ^lJeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath ^mconspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able ⁿto bear all his words. ¹¹For thus Amos saith, ^hJeroboam shall die by the sword, and ^oIsrael shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.

¹²Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou ^pseer, go, flee thee away ^qinto the land of Judah, and there ^reat bread, and prophesy there: ¹³But ^sprophesy not again any more at ^kBeth-el: ^tfor it is the king’s ^||uchapel, and it is the ^†king’s court. ¹⁴Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, ^vI was no prophet, neither was I ^wa prophet’s son; but ^vI ^xwas an herdman, and a gatherer of ^||ysycomore fruit: ¹⁵And the Lord took me ^†as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.