Amos

Amos 7:1–2

¹This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.^a ²And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”

Footnotes

a 7:1 LXX A swarm of locusts coming from the east; and, behold, one grasshopper, king Gog.

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Amos 7:1

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
This is what	כֹּ֤ה	kōh	Adverb	H3541 thus, here
the Lord	אֲדֹנָ֣י	’ă·ḏō·nāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
GOD	יְהוִ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3069 Yahweh
showed me	הִרְאַ֙נִי֙	hir·’a·nî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H7200 see
He was preparing	יוֹצֵ֣ר	yō·w·ṣêr	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H3335 form, fashion
swarms of locusts	גֹּבַ֔י	gō·ḇay	Noun - masculine plural	H1462 locusts
just after	אַחַ֖ר	’a·ḥar	Adverb	H310 behind
the king’s	הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
harvest	גִּזֵּ֥י	giz·zê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1488 shearing, mowing
as the late spring crop	עֲל֣וֹת	‘ă·lō·wṯ	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
was coming up	בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת	biṯ·ḥil·laṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H8462 beginning

Amos 7:2

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And	וְהָיָ֗ה	wə·hā·yāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
when	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
the locusts had	כִּלָּה֙	kil·lāh	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
eaten	לֶֽאֱכוֹל֙	le·’ĕ·ḵō·wl	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H398 eat
every green plant	עֵ֣שֶׂב	‘ê·śeḇ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H6212 herb, herbage
in the land	הָאָ֔רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
I said	וָאֹמַ֗ר	wā·’ō·mar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
Lord	אֲדֹנָ֤י	’ă·ḏō·nāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
GOD	יְהוִה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3069 Yahweh
please	נָ֔א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
forgive	סְֽלַֽח־	sə·laḥ-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H5545 forgive, pardon
How	מִ֥י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
will Jacob	יַֽעֲקֹ֑ב	ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
survive	יָק֖וּם	yā·qūm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6965 arise, stand up, stand
since	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
he	הֽוּא׃	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
is so small	קָטֹ֖ן	qā·ṭōn	Adjective - masculine singular	H6996 small, young, unimportant

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Amos 7:1 Joel 1:4 · Amos 8:1 · Nahum 3:15–17 · Amos 4:9 · Isaiah 33:4 · Joel 2:25

Amos 7:2 Isaiah 37:4 · Ezekiel 11:13 · Jeremiah 14:20–21 · Jeremiah 14:7 · Exodus 10:15 · Jeremiah 42:2 · Ezekiel 9:8

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.