1 Thus hath the Lord GOD 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. 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 GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. 3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
4 ¶ Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. 5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. 6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
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 the LORD 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.
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: 15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
16 ¶ Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac. 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; 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.
1 haec ostendit mihi Dominus Deus
et ecce fictor lucustae in principio germinantium serotini imbris
et ecce serotinus post tonsorem regis
2 et factum est cum consummasset comedere herbam terrae
et dixi Domine Deus propitius esto obsecro
quis suscitabit Iacob quia parvulus est
3 misertus est Dominus super hoc non erit dixit Dominus
4 haec ostendit mihi Dominus Deus
et ecce vocabat iudicium ad ignem Dominus Deus
et devoravit abyssum multam
et comedit simul partem
5 et dixi Domine Deus quiesce obsecro
quis suscitabit Iacob quia parvulus est
6 misertus est Dominus super hoc
sed et istud non erit dixit Dominus Deus
7 haec ostendit mihi
et ecce Dominus stans super murum litum
et in manu eius trulla cementarii
8 et dixit Dominus ad me quid tu vides Amos
et dixi trullam cementarii
et dixit Dominus
ecce ego ponam trullam in medio populi mei Israhel
non adiciam ultra superinducere eum
9 et demolientur excelsa idoli
et sanctificationes Israhel desolabuntur
et consurgam super domum Hieroboam in gladio
10 et misit Amasias sacerdos Bethel ad Hieroboam regem Israhel dicens
rebellavit contra te Amos in medio domus Israhel
non poterit terra sustinere universos sermones eius
11 haec enim dicit Amos in gladio morietur Hieroboam
et Israhel captivus migrabit de terra sua
12 et dixit Amasias ad Amos qui vides gradere fuge in terram Iuda
et comede ibi panem et ibi prophetabis
13 et in Bethel non adicies ultra ut prophetes
quia sanctificatio regis est et domus regni est
14 et respondit Amos et dixit ad Amasiam
non sum propheta et non sum filius prophetae
sed armentarius ego sum vellicans sycomoros
15 et tulit me Dominus cum sequerer gregem
et dixit ad me Dominus
vade propheta ad populum meum Israhel
16 et nunc audi verbum Domini
tu dicis non prophetabis super Israhel
et non stillabis super domum idoli
17 propter hoc haec dicit Dominus
uxor tua in civitate fornicabitur
et filii tui et filiae tuae in gladio cadent
et humus tua funiculo metietur et tu in terra polluta morieris
et Israhel captivus migrabit de terra sua