Amos 7:1-9

Modern English Version

Plague of Locusts

7 This is what the Lord God showed me: He was forming a plague of locusts when the latter growth was beginning to sprout up, the latter growth after the king’s reaping. ² When they had finished devouring the foliage of the land, I said, “O Lord God, please forgive. How can Jacob survive? For he is small.”

³ The Lord relented concerning this:

“It shall not be,” said the Lord.

Fire

⁴ This is what the Lord God showed me: The Lord God was calling for a judgment by fire. It was consuming the great deep and was devouring the fields. ⁵ I said, “O Lord God, please stop. How can Jacob survive? For he is small.”

⁶ The Lord relented concerning this:

“This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.

Plumb Line

⁷ This is what He showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall made using a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand. ⁸ The Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”

And I said, “A plumb line.”

Then the Lord said, “See, I am putting a plumb line in the midst of My people Israel. I will forgive them no more.