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7.6 The repented concerning this 'This also shall not be', saith the Lord.

Thus He showed me; and, behold the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in His hand. And the 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 pardon them any more;
 * 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.

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. For thus Amos saith:


 * Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
 * And Israel shall surely be led away captive put of his land.'

Also Amaziah said unto Amos: 'O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there; but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house.' Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah: 'I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a dresser of [sic]sycomore-trees; and the  took me from following the flock, and the  said unto me: Go, prophesy unto My people Israel. Now therefore hear thou the word of the :


 * Thou sayest: Prophesy not against Israel,
 * And preach not against the house of Isaac;
 * Therefore thus saith the :
 * Thy wife shall be a 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 thyself shalt die in an unclean land,
 * And Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'

Thus the Lord showed me; and behold a basket of summer fruit. And He said: 'Amos, what seest thou?' And I said: 'A basket of summer fruit.' Then said the unto me:


 * The end is come upon My people Israel,
 * I will not again pardon them any more.
 * And the songs of the palace shall be waitings in that day,
 * Saith the Lord ;
 * The dead bodies shall be many;
 * In every place silence shall be cast.


 * Hear this, O ye that would swallow the needy,
 * And destroy the poor of the land,
 * Saying: 'When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain?
 * And the sabbath, that we may set forth corn?
 * Making the ephah small, and the shekel great,
 * And falsifying the balances of deceit;
 * That we may buy the poor for silver,
 * And the needy for a pair of shoes,
 * And sell the refuse of the corn.'
 * The hath sworn by the pride of Jacob:
 * Surely I will never forget any of their works.