7 This is what he showed me: the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.
8And the Lord said to me, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A plumb-line. Then the Lord said,
See, I am setting a plumb-line
in the midst of my people Israel;
I will never again pass them by;
9 the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate,
and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste,
and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
12And Amaziah said to Amos, O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, earn your bread there, and prophesy there;
13but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the kings sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.
14 Then Amos answered Amaziah, I am* no prophet, nor a prophets son; but I am* a herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore trees, 15and the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.
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