Amos 7:1-2
Living Bible
7 This is what the Lord God showed me in a vision: He was preparing a vast swarm of locusts to destroy all the main crop that sprang up after the first mowing, which went as taxes to the king. 2 They ate everything in sight. Then I said, “O Lord God, please forgive your people! Don’t send them this plague! If you turn against Israel, what hope is there? For Israel is so small!”
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Amos 7:1-2
Nouvelle Edition de Genève – NEG1979
Intercession d’Amos pour Israël
7 Le Seigneur, l’Eternel, m’envoya cette vision.
Voici, il formait des sauterelles,
Au moment où le regain commençait à croître;
C’était le regain après la coupe du roi.
2 Et comme elles dévoraient entièrement l’herbe de la terre,
Je dis: Seigneur Eternel, pardonne donc!
Comment Jacob subsistera-t-il?
Car il est si faible!
Amos 7:1-2
New English Translation
Symbolic Visions of Judgment
7 The Sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw[a] him making locusts just as the crops planted late[b] were beginning to sprout. (The crops planted late sprout after the royal harvest.[c]) 2 When they had completely consumed the earth’s vegetation, I said,
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- Amos 7:1 tn Heb “behold” or “look.”
- Amos 7:1 sn The crops planted late (consisting of vegetables) were planted in late January-early March and sprouted in conjunction with the spring rains of March-April. For a discussion of the ancient Israelite agricultural calendar, see O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 31-44.
- Amos 7:1 tn Or “the mowings of the king.”sn This royal harvest may refer to an initial mowing of crops collected as taxes by the royal authorities.
- Amos 7:2 tn “Israel” is supplied in the translation for clarity.
- Amos 7:2 tn Heb “stand” (so ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).
- Amos 7:2 tn Heb “small.”
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