--- title: Amos 7 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Amos chapter 7 of the Tanakh (Nevi'im — the Prophets) in Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Thus the Lord GOD showed me; and, behold, He formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO/7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Amos](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO/) / chapter 7 # Amos 7 17 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [7:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.1/) — כֹּה הִרְאַנִי אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה וְהִנֵּה יוֹצֵר גֹּבַי בִּתְחִלַּת עֲלוֹת הַלָּקֶשׁ וְהִנֵּה־לֶקֶשׁ אַחַר גִּזֵּי הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ — Thus the Lord GOD showed me; and, behold, He formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. - [7:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.2/) — וְהָיָה אִם־כִּלָּה לֶֽאֱכוֹל אֶת־עֵשֶׂב הָאָרֶץ וָאֹמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה סְֽלַֽח־נָא מִי יָקוּם יַֽעֲקֹב כִּי קָטֹן הֽוּא׃ — And if it had come to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land — so I said: O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech Thee; how shall Jacob stand? for he is small. - [7:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.3/) — נִחַם יְהוָה עַל־זֹאת לֹא תִהְיֶה אָמַר יְהוָֽה׃ — The LORD repented concerning this; 'It shall not be', saith the LORD. - [7:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.4/) — כֹּה הִרְאַנִי אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה וְהִנֵּה קֹרֵא לָרִב בָּאֵשׁ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה וַתֹּאכַל אֶת־תְּהוֹם רַבָּה וְאָכְלָה אֶת־הַחֵֽלֶק׃ — Thus the Lord GOD showed me; and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land. - [7:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.5/) — וָאֹמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה חֲדַל־נָא מִי יָקוּם יַעֲקֹב כִּי קָטֹן הֽוּא׃ — Then said I: O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech Thee; how shall Jacob stand? for he is small. - [7:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.6/) — נִחַם יְהוָה עַל־זֹאת גַּם־הִיא לֹא תִֽהְיֶה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִֽה׃ס — The LORD repented concerning this; 'This also shall not be', saith the Lord GOD. - [7:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.7/) — כֹּה הִרְאַנִי וְהִנֵּה אֲדֹנָי נִצָּב עַל־חוֹמַת אֲנָךְ וּבְיָדוֹ אֲנָֽךְ׃ — Thus He showed me; and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in His hand. - [7:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.8/) — וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלַי מָֽה־אַתָּה רֹאֶה עָמוֹס וָאֹמַר אֲנָךְ וַיֹּאמֶר אֲדֹנָי הִנְנִי שָׂם אֲנָךְ בְּקֶרֶב עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹֽא־אוֹסִיף עוֹד עֲבוֹר לֽוֹ׃ — 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 pardon them any more; - [7:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.9/) — וְנָשַׁמּוּ בָּמוֹת יִשְׂחָק וּמִקְדְּשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל יֶחֱרָבוּ וְקַמְתִּי עַל־בֵּית יָרָבְעָם בֶּחָֽרֶב׃פ — 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. - [7:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.10/) — וַיִּשְׁלַח אֲמַצְיָה כֹּהֵן בֵּֽית־אֵלבֵּֽית־אֵל אֶל־יָרָבְעָם מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר קָשַׁר עָלֶיךָ עָמוֹס בְּקֶרֶב בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא־תוּכַל הָאָרֶץ לְהָכִיל אֶת־כָּל־דְּבָרָֽיו׃ — 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. - [7:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.11/) — כִּי־כֹה אָמַר עָמוֹס בַּחֶרֶב יָמוּת יָרָבְעָם וְיִשְׂרָאֵל גָּלֹה יִגְלֶה מֵעַל אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃ס — For thus Amos saith: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.' - [7:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.12/) — וַיֹּאמֶר אֲמַצְיָה אֶל־עָמוֹס חֹזֶה לֵךְ בְּרַח־לְךָ אֶל־אֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה וֶאֱכָל־שָׁם לֶחֶם וְשָׁם תִּנָּבֵֽא׃ — Also Amaziah said unto Amos: 'O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there; - [7:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.13/) — וּבֵֽית־אֵלבֵֽית־אֵל לֹֽא־תוֹסִיף עוֹד לְהִנָּבֵא כִּי מִקְדַּשׁ־מֶלֶךְ הוּא וּבֵית מַמְלָכָה הֽוּא׃ס — but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house.' - [7:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.14/) — וַיַּעַן עָמוֹס וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־אֲמַצְיָה לֹא־נָבִיא אָנֹכִי וְלֹא בֶן־נָבִיא אָנֹכִי כִּֽי־בוֹקֵר אָנֹכִי וּבוֹלֵס שִׁקְמִֽים׃ — 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 sycamore-trees; - [7:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.15/) — וַיִּקָּחֵנִי יְהוָה מֵאַחֲרֵי הַצֹּאן וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי יְהוָה לֵךְ הִנָּבֵא אֶל־עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ — and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said unto me: Go, prophesy unto My people Israel. - [7:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.16/) — וְעַתָּה שְׁמַע דְּבַר־יְהוָה אַתָּה אֹמֵר לֹא תִנָּבֵא עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא תַטִּיף עַל־בֵּית יִשְׂחָֽק׃ — Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest: Prophesy not against Israel, and preach not against the house of Isaac; - [7:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.17/) — לָכֵן כֹּה־אָמַר יְהוָה אִשְׁתְּךָ בָּעִיר תִּזְנֶה וּבָנֶיךָ וּבְנֹתֶיךָ בַּחֶרֶב יִפֹּלוּ וְאַדְמָתְךָ בַּחֶבֶל תְּחֻלָּק וְאַתָּה עַל־אֲדָמָה טְמֵאָה תָּמוּת וְיִשְׂרָאֵל גָּלֹה יִגְלֶה מֵעַל אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃ס — Therefore thus saith the LORD: 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.' - ← previous: [Amos 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO/6/) - next →: [Amos 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO/8/) - ↑ back to [Amos](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO/)