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7:1  This is what the Lord God showed me: He was forming a swarm of locusts, after the ·king had taken his share of the first crop [L king’s harvest/mowing] and the ·second [L late] crop had just begun growing [C the second of two agricultural seasons; vegetables planted to coincide with the spring rains].
7:2  When the locusts ate all the ·crops [vegetation; grass] in the country, I said, “Lord God, forgive us. How could ·Israel [L Jacob] ·live through this [L stand]? It is too small already!”
7:3  So the Lord ·changed his mind about this [relented]. “It will not happen,” said the Lord.
7:4  This is what the Lord God showed me: [L Look; T Behold] The Lord God was calling for ·fire to come down like rain [or a judgment of fire]. It burned up the ·deep water [great deep; deep abyss] and ·was going to burn up [L consumed; devoured] the land.
7:5  Then I cried out, “Lord God, stop! How could ·Israel [L Jacob] ·live through this [L stand]? It is too small already.”
7:6  So the Lord ·changed his mind about this [relented]. “It will not happen,” said the Lord God.
7:7  This is what he showed me: The Lord stood by a ·straight wall [L wall built with a plumb line], with a plumb line in his hand.
7:8  The Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “·See [T Behold], I will put a plumb line among my people Israel [C to show how crooked they are]. I will not ·look the other way [spare them; L pass by them] any longer.
7:9  “·The places where Isaac’s descendants worship [L The high places of Isaac; C places of pagan worship] will be destroyed, Israel’s ·holy places [sanctuaries] will be turned into ruins, and I will ·attack [L rise up against] King Jeroboam’s ·family [house] with the sword.”
7:10  Amaziah, a priest at Bethel [4:4], sent this message to Jeroboam king of Israel: “Amos is ·making evil plans [conspiring] against you ·with the people of Israel [or in the very heart of Israel; L in the midst of the house of Israel]. ·He has been speaking so much that this land can’t hold all [L This land cannot bear/endure] his words.
7:11  This is what Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and the people of Israel will be taken ·as captives [into exile] out of their own country.’”
7:12  Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Seer [C another name for a prophet], go back right now to the land of Judah. Do your prophesying and ·earn your living [L eat bread] there,
7:13  but don’t prophesy anymore here at Bethel. This is the king’s ·holy place [sanctuary], and it is the ·nation’s temple [or royal palace; L house of the kingdom].”
7:14  Then Amos answered Amaziah, “·I do not make my living as a prophet, nor am I a member of a group of prophets [L I was not a prophet nor a prophet’s son/disciple]. I ·make my living as [L was] a shepherd, and ·I take care [a tender] of ·sycamore [or sycamore-fig] trees.
7:15  But the Lord took me away from tending the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
7:16  So listen to the Lord’s word. You tell me, ‘Don’t prophesy against Israel, and stop ·prophesying [preaching; spouting off; L dripping] against the ·descendants [house] of Isaac.’
7:17  “Because you have said this, the Lord says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will ·be killed with swords [L fall by the sword]. Your land will be divided ·among themselves [L with a measuring line], and you will die in a ·foreign [L unclean; defiled] country. The people of Israel will definitely be taken from their own land ·as captives [into exile].’”