Amos 7:1-6
New International Version - UK
Locusts, fire and a plumb-line
7 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: he was preparing swarms of locusts after the king’s share had been harvested and just as the late crops were coming up. 2 When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, ‘Sovereign Lord, forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!’
3 So the Lord relented.
‘This will not happen,’ the Lord said.
4 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: the Sovereign Lord was calling for judgment by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured the land. 5 Then I cried out, ‘Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!’
6 So the Lord relented.
‘This will not happen either,’ the Sovereign Lord said.
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