AMOS 7: 1 – 17

VERSE 1

Am:7:1: 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.

 

 

VERSE 2

Am:7:2: 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.

 

 

 

VERSE 3

Am:7:3: The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

 

 

 

VERSE 4

Am:7:4: 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.

 

 

 

VERSE 5

Am:7:5: Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

 

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