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. 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. 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. 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 Beth-el 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 Beth-el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.

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: 15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

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.

1 主耶和华向我这样显示： 看哪！ 替王收割之后， 田产又开始生长时， 主造出一群蝗虫。

2 蝗虫吃尽地上的农产时， 我说： "主耶和华啊！ 求你宽恕， 因雅各太弱小， 怎能站立得住呢？"

3 耶和华对这事改变心意， 耶和华说： "这事不会发生。"

4 主耶和华向我这样显示： 看哪！ 主耶和华召来刑罚的火， 烧毁广大的深渊和以色列的地业。

5 因此我对主耶和华说： "求你停止吧！ 因雅各太弱小， 怎能站立得住呢？"

6 耶和华对这事改变心意。主耶和华说： "这事也不会发生。"

7 他向我这样显示： 看哪！ 主站在一道按准绳建造的墙旁边， 手里拿着准绳。

8 耶和华对我说： "阿摩司， 你看见什么？"我回答： "我看见准绳。"主又说： "看哪！ 我把准绳放在我民以色列中间， 必不再放过他们。

9 以撒的各邱坛必荒废， 以色列所有的圣所必废弃； 我必起来用刀击杀耶罗波安家。"

10 伯特利的祭司亚玛谢派人向以色列王耶罗波安报告： "阿摩司在以色列家中图谋背叛你， 这国家不能容忍他说的话；

11 因为阿摩司这样说： ‘耶罗波安必死在刀下， 以色列必被掳， 离开本国。’"

12 亚玛谢对阿摩司说： "你这个先见， 走吧！ 滚回犹大地去； 在那里你可以找食， 在那里你可以说预言。

13 但不要再在伯特利说预言， 因为这里是王的圣所， 是王国的圣殿。"

14 阿摩司回答亚玛谢说： "我原不是先知， 也不是先知的门徒； 我本是牧人， 是修理桑树的，

15 但耶和华选召我， 叫我不再跟随羊群； 他对我说： ‘你去， 向我民以色列说预言。’

16 现在你要听耶和华的话； 因为你说： ‘不要说预言攻击以色列， 不要说攻击以撒家的话。’

17 所以， 耶和华这样说： ‘你妻子必在城中作妓女， 你的儿女必倒在刀下； 你的土地必被人量度瓜分， 你自己必死在不洁之地； 以色列必被掳， 离开本国。’"