¶ Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed¹ unto me; and, behold, he² formed grasshoppers³ in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings⁴.

And it came to pass, that when⁵ they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord⁶ GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise⁷? for⁸ he is small.

⁹The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed¹⁰ unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called¹¹ to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease¹², I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for¹³ he is small.

¹⁴The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall¹⁵ made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

And the LORD said unto me, Amos¹⁶, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline¹⁷. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set¹⁸ a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not¹⁹ again pass by them any more:

And the high²⁰ places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will²² rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

¶ Then Amaziah the priest²³ of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath²⁴ conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not²⁵ able to bear all his words.

For thus²⁶ Amos saith, Jeroboam²⁷ shall die by the sword, and Israel²⁸ shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.

Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou²⁹ seer, go³⁰, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat³¹ bread, and prophesy there:

But prophesy³² not again any more at Bethel: for³³ it is the king's chapel³⁴, and it is the king's court.

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither³⁵ was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman³⁶, and a gatherer³⁷ of sycomore fruit:

And the LORD took³⁹ me as I followed⁴⁰ the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

Now therefore hear⁴¹ thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy⁴² not against Israel, and drop⁴³ not thy word against the house of Isaac.

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife⁴⁴ shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land⁴⁵ shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die⁴⁶ in a polluted land: and Israel⁴⁷ shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.