1 This is what Yahweh showed me. He was forming a swarm of locusts just as the late sowing began to come up. It was the second growth which follows the king's mowing.
2 When they were about to finish devouring all the crops of the land, I said, "Yahweh, forgive! How shall Jacob survive, small as he is?"
3 Yahweh repented and said, "It shall not happen."
4 This is what Yahweh showed me: he was calling for burning heat. It consumed the great deep and was consuming the land.
5 I said, "Yahweh, stop! How shall Jacob survive small as he is?"
6 Yahweh relented and said, "This too shall not happen."
7 This is what Yahweh showed me. He was standing beside a wall with a plumb line in his hand.
8 The Lord asked me, "Amos, what do you see?" And I answered, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold, I am measuring my people Israel with a plumb line. I will forgive them no more.
9 The high places of Isaac are to be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel laid waste. For I will arise, sword in hand, against the family of Jeroboam."
10 Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, then sent word to King Jeroboam of Israel, "Amos is conspiring against you in the very center of Israel; what he says goes too far.
11 These are his very words: Jeroboam shall die by the sword and Israel shall be exiled from its land."
12 Amaziah then said to Amos, "Off with you, seer, go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there by prophesying.
13 But never again prophesy at Bethel for it is a king's sanctuary and a national shrine."
14 Amos replied to Amaziah, "I am not a prophet or one of the fellow-prophets. I am a breeder of sheep and a dresser of sycamore trees.
15 But Yahweh took me from shepherding the flock and said to me: Go, and from me, tell my people Israel.
16 Now hear the word of Yahweh, you who say: No more prophecy against Israel, no more insults against the family of Isaac!
17 This is what Yahweh says: Your wife shall be made a harlot in the city, your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword, your land shall be divided up and given to others, and you yourself shall die in a foreign land, for Israel shall be driven far from its land."
Versículos relacionados com Amos, 7:
Amos 7 is a chapter that reports God's view of Amos of God sending pests and judgments against the people of Israel for their injustice and sin. Following are five verses that address topics related to the chapter:
Psalm 50:6 - "And the heavens announce their righteousness, for God Himself is the judge." This verse emphasizes God's righteousness, which is an important theme in Amos 7, where God is sending judgment against Israel because of his injustices.
Jeremiah 18:7-8-"But if this nation against which I said to repent of his wickedness, I will regret the evil I thought to do. And if you do good, and do not hear my voice, then then I will do evil to this nation, destroying it. " This verse highlights the importance of repentance and how God is willing to change their punishment if the people repent.
Ezekiel 18:30-31-"Convert, then, and live. Throw all your transgressions with which you have transgressed, and make you a new heart and a new spirit." This verse emphasizes the need to repent and move away from sin, which is an important theme in Amos 7, where God is punishing the people of Israel because of their sins.
Hosea 6:1 - "Come, and let us become to the Lord, for he has shattered, and he will heal us; he wounded, and shall act to the wound." This verse highlights the mercy and grace of God, which is an important theme in Amos 7, where God is punishing the people of Israel, but still offers the opportunity for repentance and restoration.
Micah 6:8 - "He has declared you, O man, what is good, and which is what the Lord asks for you: May the righteousness, and love mercy, and Andes humbly with your God." This verse highlights the importance of justice and mercy, which are important themes in Amos 7, where God is punishing the people of Israel because of his lack of justice and mercy.
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