KJV ORIGINAL
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
This is what the Lord God showed me in a vision: He was creating a swarm of locusts right when the second crop was starting to grow — you know, that crop that comes up after the king takes his share of the first harvest.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God gave Amos a front-row seat to see judgment coming right when people thought they were safe.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The prophet Amos,
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