Vision of the Fire
4 Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, the Lord God called1 for conflict by fire, and it consumed the great deep and devoured the2 territory.
Vision of the Plumb Line
7 Thus He showed me: Behold, the Lord stood on a wall made with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand.
8 And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said:
“Behold, aI am setting a plumb line
In the midst of My people Israel;
bI will not pass by them anymore.
“Behold, aI am setting a plumb line
In the midst of My people Israel;
bI will not pass by them anymore.
9 aThe1 high places of Isaac shall be desolate,
And the1 sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste.
bI will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam.”
And the1 sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste.
bI will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam.”
Amaziah’s Complaint
10 Then Amaziah the apriest of bBethel sent to cJeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to1 bear all his words.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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