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Vision of the Locusts

¹Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, He formed locust swarms at the beginning of the late crop; indeed it was the late crop after the king’s mowings. ²And so it was, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said:
“O Lord God, forgive, I pray!
⚓Oh, that Jacob may stand,
For he is small!”
³So⚓the Lord relented concerning this.
“It shall not be,” said the Lord.

Vision of the Fire

⁴Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, the Lord God called for conflict by fire, and it consumed the great deep and devoured the territory. ⁵Then I said:
“O Lord God, cease, I pray!
⚓Oh, that Jacob may stand,
For he is small!”
⁶So the Lord relented concerning this.
“This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.

Vision of the Plumb Line

⁷Thus He showed me: Behold, the Lord stood on a wall made with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand. ⁸And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”
And I said, “A plumb line.”
Then the Lord said:
“Behold, ⚓I am setting a plumb line
In the midst of My people Israel;
⚓I will not pass by them anymore.
⁹⚓The high places of Isaac shall be desolate,
And the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste.
⚓I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam.”

Amaziah’s Complaint

¹⁰Then Amaziah the ⚓priest of ⚓Bethel sent to ⚓Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. ¹¹For thus Amos has said:
‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
And Israel shall surely be led away ⚓captive
From their own land.’ ”
¹²Then Amaziah said to Amos:
“Go, you seer!
Flee to the land of Judah.
There eat bread,
And there prophesy.
¹³But ⚓never again prophesy at Bethel,
⚓For it is the king’s sanctuary,
And it is the royal residence.”
¹⁴Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah:
“I was no prophet,
Nor was I ⚓a son of a prophet,
But I was a ⚓sheepbreeder
And a tender of sycamore fruit.
¹⁵Then the Lord took me as I followed the flock,
And the Lord said to me,
‘Go, ⚓prophesy to My people Israel.’
¹⁶Now therefore, hear the word of the Lord:
You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel,
And ⚓do not spout against the house of Isaac.’
¹⁷“Therefore⚓ thus says the Lord:
⚓‘Your wife shall be a harlot in the city;
Your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword;
Your land shall be divided by survey line;
You shall die in a ⚓defiled land;
And Israel shall surely be led away captive
From his own land.’ ”

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Kooj ntaas hab suavtawg hab lub qai hlau ntsuag qhov ntseg

¹Vaajtswv Yawmsaub qha tshwm rua kuv pum le nuav. Nwg tswm tej kooj ntaas rua thaus phaum qoob tom qaab hlaav tuaj, yog ua qaab phaum qoob kws hlais pub rua vaajntxwv lawm. ²Thaus kooj ntaas noj tej nroj tsuag huv lub tebchaws taag lawm, kuv txawm has tas, “Au Vaajtswv Yawmsaub, thov koj zaam txem lauj! Yakhauj yuav ua le caag ua neej nyob? Nwg tseed miv miv xwb.” ³Zaaj nuav Yawmsaub hloov dua sab. Yawmsaub has tas, “Yuav tsw muaj lawv le nuav.”
⁴Hab Vaajtswv Yawmsaub qha tshwm rua kuv pum le nuav. Vaajtswv Yawmsaub hu suavtawg lug txav txem, mas suavtawg kub hlo havtxwv luj hab lub tebchaws huvsw. ⁵Kuv txhad has tas, “Au Vaajtswv Yawmsaub, thov tswj ca. Yakhauj yuav ua le caag ua neej nyob? Nwg tseed miv miv xwb.” ⁶Zaaj nuav Yawmsaub kuj ntxeev dua sab. Yawmsaub has tas, “Yuav tsw muaj lawv le nuav.”
⁷Hab nwg qha tshwm rua kuv pum le nuav. Yawmsaub sawv ntsug ntawm phaab ntsaa kws swv lub qai hlau ntsuag qhov ntseg, nwg tuav rawv lub qai hlau huv nwg txhais teg. ⁸Mas Yawmsaub has rua kuv tas, “Amau 'e, koj pum daabtsw?” Kuv teb tas, “Pum lub qai hlau ntsuag.” Yawmsaub has tas, “Saib maj, kuv saamswm muab lub qai hlau ntsuag huv plawv kuv haiv tuabneeg Yixayee, kuv yuav tsw zaam puab dua le lawm.
⁹“Yiha tej chaw sab teev daab
yuav raug muab ua puam tsuaj
hab Yixayee tej chaw pe hawm
yuav raug muab tso tseg pam taag,
hab kuv yuav xuas ntaaj sawv tseeg tawm tsaam
Yelaunpau‑aa caaj ceg.”

Amau hab Amaxiya

¹⁰Amaxiya kws ua pov thawj huv Npe‑ee xaa xuv moog rua Yixayee tug vaajntxwv Yelaunpau‑aa has tas, “Amau tuav huv faav xeeb rua koj huv ib tsoom Yixayee. Lub tebchaws rws tsw taug nwg tej lug huvsw. ¹¹Tsua qhov Amau has tas, ‘Yelaunpau‑aa yuav tuag nav ntaaj, hab cov Yixayee yuav poob tebchaws moog deb.’ ”
¹²Hab Amaxiya has rua Amau tas, “Koj kws has pum tom hauv ntej, ca le moog, ca le tswv rov moog rua huv Yuta tebchaws. Noj tej mov hov ntawd hab cev Vaajtswv lug rua hov ntawd nawj. ¹³Tsw xob tuaj cev Vaajtswv lug ntawm Npe‑ee dua le, tsua qhov lub chaw nuav yog lub chaw kws vaajntxwv pe hawm, hab yog lub tebchaws le tuam tsev.”
¹⁴Amau txawm teb Amaxiya tas, “Kuv tsw yog ib tug xwbfwb cev Vaajtswv lug lossws xwbfwb cev lug le tub, kuv yog tuabneeg yug tsaj txhu hab tuabneeg tu txwv cua. ¹⁵Yawmsaub coj kuv tawm huv qhov kws yug yaaj yug tshws tuaj, hab Yawmsaub has rua kuv tas, ‘Moog maj, ca le cev lug rua kuv haiv tuabneeg Yixayee.’
¹⁶“Nwgnuav koj ca le noog Yawmsaub tej lug.
Koj has tas, ‘Tsw xob cev Vaajtswv le lug
tawm tsaam cov Yixayee,
hab tsw xob qhuab qha
tawm tsaam Yiha caaj ceg.’
¹⁷Vem le nuav Yawmsaub txhad has le nuav tas,
‘Koj quaspuj yuav ua puj muag cev
rua huv lub nroog,
koj tej tub tej ntxhais
yuav tuag taag rua nav ntaaj,
koj tej teb yuav raug muab ntsuag faib.
Koj tug kheej yuav tuag
rua huv lub tebchaws kws qas tsw huv,
hab cov Yixayee yeej yuav poob tebchaws
moog deb ntawm puab lub tebchaws.’ ”