The grasshoppers and the fire are diverted by the prayer of Amos -- The rejection of Israel.

¹⁾Thus hath the Lord GODGod shewedshowed 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 GODGod, forgive, I beseech thee:; by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

³⁾TheAnd LORDthe repentedLord said, concerning Jacob, Jacob shall repent for this:, Ittherefore shallI will not beutterly destroy him, saith the LORDLord.

⁴⁾Thus hath the Lord GODGod shewedshowed unto me:; and, behold, the Lord GODGod called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

⁵⁾Then said I, O Lord GODGod, cease, I beseech thee:; by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

⁶⁾TheAnd LORDthe repentedLord forsaid, this:concerning ThisJacob, alsoJacob shall repent of his wickedness; therefore I will not beutterly destroy him, saith the Lord GODGod.

⁷⁾Thus he shewedshowed me:; and, behold, the LORDLord stood upon a wall made by a plumblineplumb line, with a plumblineplumb line in his hand.

⁸⁾And the LORDLord said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumblineplumb line. Then said the LORDLord, Behold, I will set a plumblineplumb line in the midst of my people Israel:; I will not again pass by them any more:anymore;

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 BethelBeth-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 moreanymore at Bethel: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 ana herdman, and a gatherer of sycomoresycamore fruit:;

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

¹⁶⁾Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD:Lord; Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.

¹⁷⁾Therefore thus saith the LORDLord; Thy wife shall be ana 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.