1Yo, the Lord God showed me some wild stuff; check it, He made grasshoppers poppin' up when the plants were vibin' again after the king's harvests.

2After they finished munching on the grass, I was like, "Yo Lord, please forgive! Who's gonna lift up Jacob? He's kinda small, no cap."

3The Lord was like, "Nah, I'm good on that," and changed His mind, periodt.

4Then the Lord showed me again: He was ready to throw down with fire, and it straight-up consumed the deep waters and took a chunk out.

5I was like, "Lord, chill, please! Who's gonna lift up Jacob? He's kinda small, fr."

6The Lord was like, "Nah, this ain't happening either," for real.

7He showed me again: the Lord was standing on a wall with a plumbline in His hand, looking all serious.

8The Lord asked me, "Amos, what do you see?" I said, "A plumbline." Then the Lord was like, "Bet, I'm setting a plumbline among my people Israel; I ain't gonna pass by them again."

9The high places for Isaac are about to be wrecked, and Israel's sanctuaries are gonna be total ruins; I'm coming for Jeroboam's house with the sword.

10Then Amaziah, the priest, hit up Jeroboam, saying, "Amos is plotting against you in Israel; the land can't handle his tea."

11Amos is saying Jeroboam's gonna get taken out by the sword, and Israel's gonna be dragged away from their own land, no cap.

12Amaziah told Amos, "Yo seer, bounce to Judah, grab some food, and prophesy there."

13"But don’t prophesy at Beth-el again; that’s the king’s spot, and the court’s all about him."

14Amos replied, "I ain't no prophet or prophet's kid; I was just a shepherd and picked sycamore fruit."

15The Lord scooped me up while I was chillin' with the flock and said, "Go, prophesy to my people Israel."

16So listen up: You say, "Don’t prophesy against Israel," and keep your mouth shut about Isaac's house.

17The Lord says, "Your wife’s gonna be a harlot in the city, your kids gonna fall by the sword, your land's gonna be split up; you’ll die in a dirty land, and for sure Israel's gonna be taken away from their land."

1Thus 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.

2And 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.

3The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord.

4Thus 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.

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

6The Lord repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord God.

7Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

8And 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:

9And 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.

10Then 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.

11For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.

12Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

13But prophesy not again any more at Beth–el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.

14Then 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:

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

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

17Therefore 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.