Amos
7 from
4Q78
Minor Prophetsc
1 Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: and behold,
he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and
behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s harvest. 2 When they finished eating the grass of the land,
then I said, “Lord Yahweh, forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For
he is small.”
[..]
4 Thus the
Lord Yahweh showed me and behold, the Lord Yahweh
called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have
devoured the land.
[..]
7 Thus
he showed me and behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. 8 Yahweh said to me, “Amos,
what do you see?”
I
said, “A plumb line.”
Then
the Lord said, “Behold, I will set a plumb line in the middle of my people
Israel. I will not again pass by them any more. 9 The high places of Isaac
will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel
will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the
sword.”
[..]
12 Amaziah also said to Amos,
“You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and
prophesy there: 13 but don’t prophesy again any
more at
Bethel;
for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house!”
14 Then Amos answered Amaziah,
“I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was a herdsman, and a
farmer of sycamore figs; 15 and Yahweh took
me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to
my people Israel.’ 16 Now therefore listen to Yahweh’s word: ‘You say, Don’t prophesy against Israel,
and don’t preach against the house of Isaac.’
Amos
7 from Scroll 4Q82 Minor Prophetsg
1 Thus the
Lord
Yahweh showed me:
and behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and
behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s harvest.
[..]
7 Thus
he showed me and behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb
line, with a plumb line in his hand. 8 The Lord Yahweh
said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”
I said,
“A plumb line.”
Then
the Lord Yahweh
said, “Behold, I will set a plumb line in the middle of my people Israel. I
will not again pass by them any more.
9 The high places of Isaac will be
desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will
be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
10 Then
Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel,
saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the middle of the house of Israel. The land is not
able to bear all his words. 11 For Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the
sword, and Israel shall surely be led
away captive out of his land.’ ”
12 Amaziah
also said to Amos, “You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there
eat bread, and prophesy there:
[..]
14 Then Amos answered
Amaziah, “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but
I was a herdsman, and a farmer of
sycamore figs; 15 and Yahweh took me from
following the flock, and Yahweh
said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ 16 Now
therefore listen to Yahweh’s word: ‘You say, Don’t prophesy against
Israel, and don’t preach against the house of Isaac.’ 17 Therefore
the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city,
and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you
yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be
led away captive out of his land.’ ”
Amos 7 from
Scroll Wadi Muraba’at Minor Prophets
3 Yahweh
relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says Yahweh.
4 Thus the
Lord Yahweh showed me and behold, the Lord Yahweh called
for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would
have devoured the land. 5 Then I said, “Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg
you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
6 Yahweh
relented concerning this. “This also
shall not be,” says the Lord Yahweh.
[..]
8 Yahweh said to me,
“Amos, what do you see?”
I said, “A
plumb line.”
Then the Lord
said, “Behold, I will set a plumb line in the middle of my
people Israel. I will not again pass by them. 9 The high
places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be
laid waste; and I will rise against the house
of Jeroboam with the sword.”
10 Then Amaziah the priest
of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos
has conspired against you in the middle of the
house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his
words. 11 For Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die
by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led
away captive out of his land.’ ”
12 Amaziah
also said to Amos, “You seer, go, flee away into the
land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 13 but
don’t prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and
it is a royal house!”
14 Then Amos answered
Amaziah, “I was no prophet, neither
was I a prophet’s son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore
figs; 15 and Yahweh took me from following the
flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to against my
people Israel.’ 16 Now therefore listen to Yahweh’s
word: ‘You say, Don’t prophesy against Israel, and don’t preach against any more the
house of Isaac.’ 17 Therefore Yahweh says:
‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your
daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be
divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is
unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’ ”