Amos 阿摩司书07
时间：2018-12-05 作者：英语课 分类：圣经旧约 阿摩司书
英语课
7This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: He was preparing swarms 1 of locusts 2 after the king's share had been harvested and just as the second crop was coming up.
2When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, "Sovereign Lord , forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!"
3So the Lord relented. "This will not happen," the Lord said.
4This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: The Sovereign Lord was calling for judgment 3 by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured 4 the land.
5Then I cried out, "Sovereign Lord , I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!"
6So the Lord relented. "This will not happen either," the Sovereign Lord said.
7This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing 5 by a wall that had been built true to plumb 6, with a plumb line in his hand.
8And the Lord asked me, "What do you see, Amos?" "A plumb line," I replied. Then the Lord said, "Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.
9"The high places of Isaac will be destroyed and the sanctuaries 7 of Israel will be ruined; with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam."
10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel: "Amos is raising a conspiracy 8 against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.
11For this is what Amos is saying: " 'Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their native land.' "
12Then Amaziah said to Amos, "Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying 10 there.
13Don't prophesy 9 anymore at Bethel, because this is the king's sanctuary 11 and the temple of the kingdom."
14Amos answered Amaziah, "I was neither a prophet nor a prophet's son, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.
15But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'
16Now then, hear the word of the Lord . You say, " 'Do not prophesy against Israel, and stop preaching against the house of Isaac.'
17"Therefore this is what the Lord says: " 'Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be measured and divided up, and you yourself will die in a pagan country. And Israel will certainly go into exile, away from their native land.' "
2When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, "Sovereign Lord , forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!"
3So the Lord relented. "This will not happen," the Lord said.
4This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: The Sovereign Lord was calling for judgment 3 by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured 4 the land.
5Then I cried out, "Sovereign Lord , I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!"
6So the Lord relented. "This will not happen either," the Sovereign Lord said.
7This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing 5 by a wall that had been built true to plumb 6, with a plumb line in his hand.
8And the Lord asked me, "What do you see, Amos?" "A plumb line," I replied. Then the Lord said, "Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.
9"The high places of Isaac will be destroyed and the sanctuaries 7 of Israel will be ruined; with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam."
10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel: "Amos is raising a conspiracy 8 against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.
11For this is what Amos is saying: " 'Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their native land.' "
12Then Amaziah said to Amos, "Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying 10 there.
13Don't prophesy 9 anymore at Bethel, because this is the king's sanctuary 11 and the temple of the kingdom."
14Amos answered Amaziah, "I was neither a prophet nor a prophet's son, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.
15But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'
16Now then, hear the word of the Lord . You say, " 'Do not prophesy against Israel, and stop preaching against the house of Isaac.'
17"Therefore this is what the Lord says: " 'Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be measured and divided up, and you yourself will die in a pagan country. And Israel will certainly go into exile, away from their native land.' "
1 swarms
蜂群，一大群( swarm的名词复数 )
- They came to town in swarms. 他们蜂拥来到城里。
- On June the first there were swarms of children playing in the park. 6月1日那一天，这个公园里有一群群的孩子玩耍。
2 locusts
n.蝗虫( locust的名词复数 )；贪吃的人；破坏者；槐树
- a swarm of locusts 一大群蝗虫
- In no time the locusts came down and started eating everything. 很快蝗虫就飞落下来开始吃东西，什么都吃。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 judgment
n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见
- The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
- He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
4 devoured
吞没( devour的过去式和过去分词 )； 耗尽； 津津有味地看； 狼吞虎咽地吃光
- She devoured everything she could lay her hands on: books, magazines and newspapers. 无论是书、杂志，还是报纸，只要能弄得到，她都看得津津有味。
- The lions devoured a zebra in a short time. 狮子一会儿就吃掉了一匹斑马。
5 standing
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
6 plumb
adv.精确地，完全地；v.了解意义，测水深
- No one could plumb the mystery.没人能看破这秘密。
- It was unprofitable to plumb that sort of thing.这种事弄个水落石出没有什么好处。
7 sanctuaries
n.避难所( sanctuary的名词复数 )；庇护；圣所；庇护所
- The designation of special marine reserves and marine sanctuaries shall be subject to the State Council for approval. 海洋特别保护区、海上自然保护区的确定，须经国务院批准。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- After 1965 he acquiesced when they established sanctuaries on that soil. 1965年以后，他默认了他们在那块土地上建立庇护所。 来自辞典例句
8 conspiracy
n.阴谋，密谋，共谋
- The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
- He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
9 prophesy
v.预言；预示
- He dares to prophesy what will happen in the future.他敢预言未来将发生什么事。
- I prophesy that he'll be back in the old job.我预言他将重操旧业。
10 prophesying
v.预告，预言( prophesy的现在分词 )
- Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. 凡男人祷告或是讲道（道或作说预言下同）若蒙着头，就是羞辱自己的头。 来自互联网
- Prophesying was the only human art that couldn't be improved by practice. 预言是唯一的一项无法经由练习而改善的人类技术。 来自互联网