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And the Lord said to me: What do you see, Amos? And I said: Adamant. And the Lord said to me: Behold, I am setting adamant in the midst of my people Israel; I will no longer pass him by.
And the altars of laughter shall be destroyed, and the rites of Israel shall be made desolate; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
And Amasias the priest of Baithel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: Amos is forming conspiracies against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land will not be able to bear all his words.
Therefore thus says the Lord: Your wife shall play the harlot in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be measured out with a line, and you shall die in an unclean land; and Israel shall be led away captive from his land.