1:1 Shall horses[05483] run[07323][8799] upon the rock[05553]? will one plow[02790][8799] there with oxen[01241]? for ye have turned[02015][8804] judgment[04941] into gall[07219], and the fruit[06529] of righteousness[06666] into hemlock[03939]:
1:2 Ye which rejoice[08056] in a thing[01697] of nought[03808], which say[0559][8802], Have we not taken[03947][8804] to us horns[07161] by our own strength[02392]?
1:3 But, behold, I will raise up[06965][8688] against you a nation[01471], O house[01004] of Israel[03478], saith[05002][8803] the LORD[03068] the God[0430] of hosts[06635]; and they shall afflict[03905][8804] you from the entering in[0935][8800] of Hemath[02574] unto the river[05158] of the wilderness[06160]. river: or, valley
1:4 Thus hath the Lord[0136] GOD[03069] shewed[07200][8689] unto me; and, behold, he formed[03335][8802] grasshoppers[01462] in the beginning[08462] of the shooting up[05927][8800] of the latter growth[03954]; and, lo, it was the latter growth[03954] after[0310] the king's[04428] mowings[01488]. grasshoppers: or, green worms
1:5 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end[03615][8765] of eating[0398][8800] the grass[06212] of the land[0776], then I said[0559][8799], O Lord[0136] GOD[03069], forgive[05545][8798], I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob[03290] arise[06965][8799]? for he is small[06996]. by...: or, who of (or, for,) Jacob shall stand?
1:6 The LORD[03068] repented[05162][8738] for this: It shall not be, saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068].
1:7 Thus hath the Lord[0136] GOD[03069] shewed[07200][8689] unto me: and, behold, the Lord[0136] GOD[03069] called[07121][8802] to contend[07378][8800] by fire[0784], and it devoured[0398][8799] the great[07227] deep[08415], and did eat up[0398][8804] a part[02506].
1:8 Then said[0559][8799] I, O Lord[0136] GOD[03069], cease[02308][8798], I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob[03290] arise[06965][8799]? for he is small[06996]. by...: or, who of (or, for,) Jacob shall stand?
1:9 The LORD[03068] repented[05162][8738] for this: This also shall not be, saith[0559][8804] the Lord[0136] GOD[03069].
1:10 Thus he shewed[07200][8689] me: and, behold, the Lord[0136] stood[05324][8737] upon a wall[02346] made by a plumbline[0594], with a plumbline[0594] in his hand[03027].
1:11 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto me, Amos[05986], what seest[07200][8802] thou? And I said[0559][8799], A plumbline[0594]. Then said[0559][8799] the Lord[0136], Behold, I will set[07760][8802] a plumbline[0594] in the midst[07130] of my people[05971] Israel[03478]: I will not again[03254][8686] pass by[05674][8800] them any more:
1:12 And the high places[01116] of Isaac[03446] shall be desolate[08074][8738], and the sanctuaries[04720] of Israel[03478] shall be laid waste[02717][8799]; and I will rise[06965][8804] against the house[01004] of Jeroboam[03379] with the sword[02719].
1:13 Then Amaziah[0558] the priest[03548] of Bethel[01008] sent[07971][8799] to Jeroboam[03379] king[04428] of Israel[03478], saying[0559][8800], Amos[05986] hath conspired[07194][8804] against thee in the midst[07130] of the house[01004] of Israel[03478]: the land[0776] is not able[03201][8799] to bear[03557][8687] all his words[01697].
1:14 For thus Amos[05986] saith[0559][8804], Jeroboam[03379] shall die[04191][8799] by the sword[02719], and Israel[03478] shall surely[01540][8800] be led away captive[01540][8799] out of their own land[0127].
1:15 Also Amaziah[0558] said[0559][8799] unto Amos[05986], O thou seer[02374], go[03212][8798], flee thee away[01272][8798] into the land[0776] of Judah[03063], and there eat[0398][8798] bread[03899], and prophesy[05012][8735] there:
1:16 But prophesy[05012][8736] not again[03254][8686] any more at Bethel[01008]: for it is the king's[04428] chapel[04720], and it is the king's[04467] court[01004]. chapel: or, sanctuary king's court: Heb. house of the kingdom
1:17 Then answered[06030][8799] Amos[05986], and said[0559][8799] to Amaziah[0558], I was no prophet[05030], neither was I a prophet's[05030] son[01121]; but I was  an herdman[0951], and a gatherer[01103][8802] of sycomore fruit[08256]: sycomore...: or, wild figs
1:18 And the LORD[03068] took[03947][8799] me as I followed[0310] the flock[06629], and the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto me, Go[03212][8798], prophesy[05012][8734] unto my people[05971] Israel[03478]. as...: Heb. from behind
1:19 Now therefore hear[08085][8798] thou the word[01697] of the LORD[03068]: Thou sayest[0559][8802], Prophesy[05012][8735] not against Israel[03478], and drop[05197][8686] not thy word against the house[01004] of Isaac[03446].
1:20 Therefore thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068]; Thy wife[0802] shall be an harlot[02181][8799] in the city[05892], and thy sons[01121] and thy daughters[01323] shall fall[05307][8799] by the sword[02719], and thy land[0127] shall be divided[02505][8792] by line[02256]; and thou shalt die[04191][8799] in[05921] a polluted[02931] land[0127]: and Israel[03478] shall surely[01540][8800] go into captivity[01540][8799] forth of his land[0127].
1:21 Thus hath the Lord[0136] GOD[03069] shewed[07200][8689] unto me: and behold a basket[03619] of summer fruit[07019].
