Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed 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.
shewed.
Amos 7:4,7 Thus has the Lord GOD showed to me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called …
Amos 8:1 Thus has the Lord GOD showed to me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
Jeremiah 1:11-16 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what …
Jeremiah 24:1 The LORD showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before …
Ezekiel 11:25 Then I spoke to them of the captivity all the things that the LORD …
Zechariah 1:20 And the LORD showed me four carpenters.
he.
Amos 4:9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and …
Exodus 10:12-16 And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the land of …
Isaiah 33:4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpillar: …
Joel 1:4 That which the palmerworm has left has the locust eaten; and that …
Joel 2:25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten, the …
Nahum 3:15-17 There shall the fire devour you; the sword shall cut you off, it …
grasshoppers. or, green worms. {Govai,} in Arabic {gabee,} locusts, probably in their caterpillar state, in which they are most destructive. This is supposed to have been an emblem of the first invasion of the Assyrians.
mowings. Or rather, feedings or grazings, as the people of the East make no hay. This was probably in the month of March, which is the only time of the year that the Arabs to this day feed their horses with grass.
And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
when.
Exodus 10:15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was …
Revelation 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of …
O Lord.
Amos 7:5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech you: by whom shall Jacob …
Exodus 32:11,12 And Moses sought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why does your …
Exodus 34:9 And he said, If now I have found grace in your sight, O LORD, let …
Numbers 14:17-19 And now, I beseech you, let the power of my LORD be great, according …
Jeremiah 14:7,20,21 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do you it for your …
Daniel 9:19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, listen and do; defer not…
James 5:15,16 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise …
by whom shall Jacob arise. or, who of (or for) Jacob shall stand?
Isaiah 51:19 These two things are come to you; who shall be sorry for you? desolation, …
Ezekiel 9:8 And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, …
Ezekiel 11:13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of …
for.
Psalm 12:1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from …
Psalm 44:24-26 Why hide you your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression…
Isaiah 37:4 It may be the LORD your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom …
Jeremiah 42:2 And said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech you, our supplication …
Zechariah 4:10 For who has despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice…
The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
Amos 7:6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord GOD.
Deuteronomy 32:36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, …
1 Chronicles 21:15 And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, …
Psalm 106:45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to …
Hosea 11:8 How shall I give you up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver you, Israel? …
Joel 2:14 Who knows if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him…
Jonah 3:10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and …
James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that …
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
shewed.
Amos 7:1,7 Thus has the Lord GOD showed to me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers …
Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven…
called. This is supposed to denote the invasion of Tiglathpileser, which threatened entire destruction.
Amos 1:4,7 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour …
Amos 4:11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, …
Amos 5:6 Seek the LORD, and you shall live; lest he break out like fire in …
Exodus 9:23,24 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent …
Leviticus 10:2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they …
Numbers 16:35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred …
Isaiah 27:4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me …
Isaiah 66:15,16 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots …
Jeremiah 4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of …
Jeremiah 21:12 O house of David, thus said the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, …
Joel 2:30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and …
Micah 1:4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall …
Nahum 1:6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness …
Hebrews 1:7 And of the angels he said, Who makes his angels spirits, and his …
Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
a wall.
2 Samuel 8:2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down …
2 Kings 21:13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet …
Isaiah 28:17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: …
Isaiah 34:11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also …
Lamentations 2:8 The LORD has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: …
Ezekiel 40:3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance …
Zechariah 2:1,2 I lifted up my eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring …
Revelation 11:1 And there was given me a reed like to a rod: and the angel stood, …
Revelation 21:15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, …
And the LORD 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 pass by them any more:
Amos.
Jeremiah 1:11-13 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what …
Zechariah 5:2 And he said to me, What see you? And I answered, I see a flying roll; …
a plumbline. This was an emblem of strict justice; and intimated that God would now visit them according to their iniquities.
I will set.
Lamentations 2:8 The LORD has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: …
I will not.
Amos 8:2 And he said, Amos, what see you? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. …
Jeremiah 15:6 You have forsaken me, said the LORD, you are gone backward: therefore …
Ezekiel 7:2-9 Also, you son of man, thus said the Lord GOD to the land of Israel; …
Micah 7:18 Who is a God like to you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the …
Nahum 1:8,9 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place …
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.
the high.
Amos 3:14 That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel on …
Amos 5:5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: …
Amos 8:14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Your god, O Dan, …
Beer-sheba.
Genesis 26:23-25 And he went up from there to Beersheba…
Genesis 46:1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, …
Leviticus 26:30,31 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and …
I will. Fulfilled,
2 Kings 15:8-10 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah …
Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel 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.
the priest.
1 Kings 12:31,32 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest …
1 Kings 13:33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made …
2 Kings 14:23,24 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam …
2 Chronicles 13:8,9 And now you think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand …
Jeremiah 20:1-3 Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor …
Jeremiah 29:26,27 The LORD has made you priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, …
Matthew 21:23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders …
hath.
1 Kings 18:17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, …
Jeremiah 26:8-11 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all …
Jeremiah 37:13-15 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was …
Jeremiah 38:4 Therefore the princes said to the king, We beseech you, let this …
Luke 23:2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting …
Acts 5:28 Saying, Did not we straightly command you that you should not teach …
Acts 24:5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition …
not.
Genesis 37:8 And his brothers said to him, Shall you indeed reign over us? or …
Jeremiah 18:18 Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; …
Acts 7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they …
For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
thus.
Jeremiah 26:9 Why have you prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house …
Jeremiah 28:10,11 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's …
Acts 6:14 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy …
Jeroboam.
Amos 7:9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries …
Psalm 56:5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
Matthew 26:61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, …
and Israel.
Amos 6:7,8 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, …
2 Kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and …
Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
O thou.
1 Samuel 9:9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he …
2 Chronicles 16:10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; …
Isaiah 30:10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not …
go.
Amos 2:12 But you gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, …
Matthew 8:34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they …
Luke 8:37,38 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about …
Luke 13:31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying to him, …
Acts 16:39 And they came and sought them, and brought them out, and desired …
eat.
1 Samuel 2:36 And it shall come to pass…
Isaiah 56:11 Yes, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are …
Ezekiel 13:19 And will you pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and …
Malachi 1:10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nothing? …
Romans 16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly…
1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: …
1 Peter 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, …
But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.
prophesy.
Amos 2:12 But you gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, …
Acts 4:17,18 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straightly …
Acts 5:28,40 Saying, Did not we straightly command you that you should not teach …
for.
1 Kings 12:29,32 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan…
1 Kings 13:1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of …
chapel. or, sanctuary. king's court. Heb. house of the kingdom.
Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
neither.
1 Kings 20:35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor …
2 Kings 2:3,5,7 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, …
2 Kings 4:38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; …
2 Kings 6:1 And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place …
2 Chronicles 16:7 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said …
2 Chronicles 19:2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said …
2 Chronicles 20:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, …
an herdman.
Amos 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he …
Zechariah 13:5 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an farmer; for man taught …
1 Corinthians 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise…
a gatherer. Rather, as {bolais} is rendered by the LXX. and Vulgate, [knidzon,] {vellicans,} a scraping, or a scraper of sycamores; for the fruit does not ripen till it is rubbed with iron combs.
sycamore fruit. or, wild figs.
And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
took.
2 Samuel 7:8 Now therefore so shall you say to my servant David, Thus said the …
Psalm 78:70-72 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds…
Matthew 4:18,19 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon …
Matthew 9:9 And as Jesus passed forth from there, he saw a man, named Matthew, …
as I followed. Heb. from behind. Go.
Jeremiah 1:7 But the LORD said to me, Say not, I am a child: for you shall go …
Ezekiel 2:3,4 And he said to me, Son of man, I send you to the children of Israel, …
Luke 24:46-48 And said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ …
Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come on …
Acts 4:20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Acts 5:20,29-32 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life…
Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
hear.
1 Samuel 15:16 Then Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell you what the LORD …
1 Kings 22:19 And he said, Hear you therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD …
Jeremiah 28:15-17 Then said the prophet Jeremiah to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, …
Prophesy.
Amos 7:13 But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, …
Isaiah 30:10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not …
Micah 2:6 Prophesy you not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not …
and drop.
Deuteronomy 32:2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the …
Ezekiel 20:46 Son of man, set your face toward the south, and drop your word toward …
Ezekiel 21:2 Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and drop your word toward …
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an 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.
Thy wife.
Isaiah 13:16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; …
Jeremiah 20:6 And you, Pashur, and all that dwell in your house shall go into captivity: …
Jeremiah 28:12,16 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet…
Jeremiah 29:21,25,31,32 Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of …
Lamentations 5:11 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
Hosea 4:13,14 They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on …
Zechariah 14:2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the …
thy land.
Psalm 78:55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance …
die.
2 Kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and …
Ezekiel 4:13 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their …
Hosea 9:3 They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return …
and Israel.
Amos 7:11 For thus Amos said, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall …
Leviticus 26:33-39 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword …
Jeremiah 36:27-32 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had …
