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. [grasshoppers: or, green worms]
			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. [by...: or, who of (or, for,) Jacob shall stand?]
			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. [by...: or, who of (or, for,) Jacob shall stand?]
			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 Bethel 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 Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court. [chapel: or, sanctuary] [king's court: Heb. house of the kingdom]
			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: [sycomore...: or, wild figs]
			15	And the LORD took# me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said# unto me, Go# , prophesy# unto my people Israel. [as...: Heb. from behind]
			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.