1. Thus the Lord GODshewed me: and, behold, he formed locusts 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 made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD forgive, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
3. The Lord repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith the Lord.
4. Thus the Lord GODshewed me: and, behold, the Lord GODcalled to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.
5. Then said I, O Lord GOD cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
6. The Lord repented concerning this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD
7. Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside 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.