Amos 7:5-7
Good News Translation
5 Then I said, “Stop, O Sovereign Lord! How can your people survive? They are so small and weak!”
6 The Lord changed his mind again and said, “This will not take place either.”
A Vision of a Plumb Line
7 I had another vision from the Lord. In it I saw him standing beside a wall that had been built with the use of a plumb line, and there was a plumb line in his hand.
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Amos 7:5-7
English Standard Version
5 Then I said,
“O Lord God, please cease!
(A)How can Jacob stand?
He is so small!”
6 (B)The Lord relented concerning this:
“This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.
7 (C)This is what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with (D)a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
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