Amo 7:1-9 | ESV | STEP | This is what the Lord God showed me: behold , he was forming locusts when the latter growth was just beginning to sprout , and behold , it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings .

a ch. 8:1

b[Joel 1:4]; See Ex. 10:4

c[Ps. 130:3]

d[Deut. 32:36; Joel 2:13]

e[See ver. 1 above]

f[Rev. 8:7, 8]

g[See ver. 2 above]

h[See ver. 3 above]

i[See ver. 1 above]

j[ver. 17]; See 2 Kgs. 21:13

k ch. 8:2

l[See ver. 7 above]

m ch. 8:2

n Gen. 26:23, 25

oSee 2 Kgs. 15:8-12

Amos 7:1-9

Warning Visions

1 ^aThis is what the Lord God showed me: behold, ^bhe was forming locusts when the latter growth was just beginning to sprout, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings. 2 When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said,

“O Lord God, please forgive!
^cHow can Jacob stand?
He is so small!”
3 ^dThe Lord relented concerning this:
“It shall not be,” said the Lord.
4 ^eThis is what the Lord God showed me: behold, the Lord God was calling ^ffor a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land. 5 Then I said,

“O Lord God, please cease!
^gHow can Jacob stand?
He is so small!”
6 ^hThe Lord relented concerning this:
“This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.
7 ⁱThis is what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with ^ja plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. 8 And the Lord said to me, ^k“Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,

“Behold, I am setting ^la plumb line
in the midst of my people Israel;
^mI will never again pass by them;
9 ⁿthe high places of Isaac shall be made desolate,
and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste,
and I will rise against ^othe house of Jeroboam with the sword.”