Amos 7:8-11

8 And the LORD asked me, “What do you see, Amos?” “A plumb line,” I replied. Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.
9 “The high places of Isaac will be destroyed and the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined; with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam.”

Amos and Amaziah

10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel: “Amos is raising a conspiracy against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.
11 For this is what Amos is saying: “ ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their native land.’ ”

Cross References 13

  • 1. Jeremiah 1:11,13
  • 2. Isaiah 28:17; Lamentations 2:8; Amos 8:2
  • 3. S 2 Kings 21:13
  • 4. S Jeremiah 15:6; Ezekiel 7:2-9
  • 5. S Leviticus 26:30
  • 6. S Leviticus 26:31
  • 7. S 1 Kings 13:34; 2 Kings 15:9; Isaiah 63:18; S Hosea 10:8
  • 8. S Joshua 7:2; 1 Kings 12:32
  • 9. S 2 Kings 14:23
  • 10. Jeremiah 38:4
  • 11. 2 Kings 14:24; Jeremiah 26:8-11
  • 12. S Amos 5:27
  • 13. Jeremiah 36:16
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