(A)The Lord relented concerning this:
    “This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.

(B)This is what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with (C)a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. And the Lord said to me, (D)“Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,

“Behold, I am setting (E)a plumb line
    in the midst of my people Israel;
    (F)I will never again pass by them;

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So the Lord relented.(A)

“This will not happen either,” the Sovereign Lord said.(B)

This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb,[a] with a plumb line[b] in his hand. And the Lord asked me, “What do you see,(C) Amos?(D)

“A plumb line,(E)” I replied.

Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 7:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  2. Amos 7:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain; also in verse 8.