1. Thus hath the Lord יְהוָ֥ה shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, the latter growth after the king's mowings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. And יְהוָ֥ה 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 the king's chapel, and it the king's court.

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

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

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

17. Therefore thus saith יְהוָ֥ה; 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.