Amos 7:1-9

New American Standard Bible

Warning through Visions

7 This is what the Lord ^[a]God showed me, and behold, He was forming a ^(A)swarm of locusts ^[b]when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king’s mowing. ²And it came about, ^[c]when it had ^(B)finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said,

“^(C)Lord God, please pardon!
How can Jacob stand?
For he is ^(D)small.”
³The Lord ^(E)relented of this.
“It shall not be,” said the Lord.

⁴So the Lord God showed me, and behold, the Lord God was calling to contend with them by ^(F)fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the ^[d]farmland. ⁵Then I said,

“^(G)Lord God, please stop!
^(H)How can Jacob stand?
For he is small.”
⁶The Lord ^(I)relented of this.
“This too shall not be,” said the Lord God.

⁷So He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing ^[e]by a ^[f]vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand. ⁸And the Lord said to me, “^(J)What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,

“Behold I am about to put a ^(K)plumb line
In the midst of My people Israel.
I will not ^[g]^(L)spare them any longer.
⁹The ^(M)high places of Isaac will become deserted,
And the ^(N)sanctuaries of Israel will be in ruins.
Then I will ^(O)rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”