¹ Thus hath the Lord Yhwh shewed unto 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.¹

1. grasshoppers: or, green worms.

² And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord Yhwh, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.¹

1. by…: or, who of (or, for,) Jacob shall stand?

³ Yhwh repented for this: It shall not be, saith Yhwh.

⁴ ¶ Thus hath the Lord Yhwh shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord Yhwh called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

⁵ Then said I, O Lord Yhwh, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.¹

1. by…: or, who of (or, for,) Jacob shall stand?

⁶ Yhwh repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord Yhwh.

⁷ ¶ Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

⁸ And Yhwh said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:

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.

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.

¹¹ For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.

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:

¹³ But prophesy not again any more at Beth–el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.¹²

1. chapel: or, sanctuary.
2. king’s court: Heb. house of the kingdom.

¹⁴ ¶ Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:¹

1. sycomore…: or, wild figs.

¹⁵ And Yhwh took me as I followed the flock, And Yhwh said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.¹

1. as…: Heb. from behind.

¹⁶ ¶ Now therefore hear thou the word of Yhwh: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.

¹⁷ Therefore thus saith Yhwh; Thy wife shall be an 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 shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.