Amos 7:1 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Here, My Lord, Yahweh gave me to see, and lo! he was preparing the locust, in the beginning of the shooting up of the after–grass,––and lo! after–grass, cometh after the mowings for the king.

¹² Then said Yahweh unto Moses––Stretch forth thy hand over the land of Egypt, for the locust, that it may come up over the land of Egypt,––and may eat up every herb of the land, all that the hail hath left. ¹³ And Moses stretched forth his staff over the land of Egypt, and, Yahweh, caused an east wind to drive through the land, all that day, and all the night,––when, the morning, had come, the east wind, had brought the locust. ¹⁴ And the locust came up over all the land of Egypt, and settled in all the bounds of Egypt,––very grievous, before it, had not been such a locust, as that, neither, after it, should be one like it. ¹⁵ So it covered the eye of all the land, and the land was darkened, and it did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees, which the hail had left remaining,––so that there was not left remaining any green sprout in the trees, or in the herb of the field, in all the land of Egypt. ¹⁶ Then hastened Pharaoh, to call for Moses and for Aaron,––and said––I have sinned against Yahweh your God, and against you.

⁴ Then shall your spoil, be gathered, as the gathering of the caterpillar,––As the swift running of locusts, is he about to run upon them.

¹¹ Moreover the Word of Yahweh came unto me, saying, What canst thou see, Jeremiah? And I said, A twig of an almond–tree, can I see. ¹² Then said Yahweh unto me––Thou hast rightly seen,––for, keeping watch, am I, over my word, to perform it. ¹³ And the word of Yahweh came unto me, a second time, saying, What canst thou see? And I said, A boiling caldron, can I see, with, the front thereof, on the North. ¹⁴ Then said Yahweh unto me,––Out of the North, shall break forth calamity, against all the inhabitants of the land. ¹⁵ For behold me! calling for all the families of the kingdoms of the North, Declareth Yahweh,––and they shall come, and set every one his throne at the opening of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all her walls, round about, and against all the cities of Judah! ¹⁶ Then will I pronounce my judgments against them, concerning all their wickedness,––in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and have bowed down to the works of their own hands.

¹ Yahweh shewed, me, and lo! two baskets of figs, which had been set before the temple of Yahweh,––after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive, Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, and the carpenters and the smiths, out of Jerusalem, and had brought them into Babylon:––

²⁵ So I spake unto them of the captivity,––all the words of Yahweh, which he had shewed me.

⁴ That which was left by the creeping locust, hath the swarming locust eaten, and, that which was left by the swarming locust, hath the grass locust eaten; and, that which was left by the grass locust, hath the corn locust eaten.

²⁵ Then will I make good to you the years which were eaten by the swarming locust, the grass locust, and the corn locust and the creeping locust,––even my great army, which I sent among you.

⁹ I have smitten you with blight and with mildew, When your gardens and your vineyards and your fig–trees and your olive–trees have increased, the creeping locust would devour them,––Yet have ye not returned unto me, Declareth Yahweh.

⁴ Here, My Lord, Yahweh gave me to see, and lo! My Lord Yahweh proclaiming that, the controversy should be settled by fire,––which, having devoured the mighty roaring deep, should devour the inheritance.

⁷ Here, he gave me to see, and lo! My Lord, stationed upon a pinnacle,––and, in his hand a plummet.

¹ Here, My Lord, Yahweh, gave me to see,––and lo! there was a basket of summer fruit.

¹⁵ There, shall a fire devour thee, the sword, shall cut thee off, it shall devour thee like the grass locust, make thyself numerous like the grass locust, make thyself numerous as the swarming locust: ¹⁶ Though thou have multiplied thy foot–soldiers beyond the stars of the heavens, the grass locust, hath stript itself and flown away! ¹⁷ Thy mercenary crowds, are like the swarming locust, and, thy mixed multitudes, like locusts––swarms of locusts,––which settle in the hedges on a cold day, the sun, hath broken forth, and they are in flight, and unknown is the place where they are!

²⁰ Then Yahweh shewed me Four Craftsmen.