Amos 7:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Amos 7:7

5 Then I said:
“O Lord God, cease, I pray!
^aOh, that Jacob may stand,
For he is small!”

6 So the Lord relented concerning this.
“This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.

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.

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.”

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.

11 For thus Amos has said:
‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
And Israel shall surely be led away ^acaptive
From their own land.’ ”

12 Then Amaziah said to Amos:
“Go, you seer!
Flee to the land of Judah.
There eat bread,
And there prophesy.

13 But ^anever again prophesy at Bethel,
^bFor it is the king’s¹ sanctuary,
And it is the royal¹ residence.”

14 Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah:
“I was no prophet,
Nor was I ^aa son of a prophet,
But I was a ^bsheepbreeder
And a tender of sycamore fruit.

15 Then the Lord took me¹ as I followed the flock,
And the Lord said to me,
‘Go, ^aprophesy to My people Israel.’

Verse Comparison: Amos 7:7

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American Standard Version
Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.

Amplified® Bible
Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord stood upon a wall with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD showed me a vision of himself standing beside a wall and holding a string with a weight tied to the end of it. The string and weight had been used to measure the straightness of the wall.

Darby English Version
Thus did he shew unto me; and behold, the Lord stood upon a wall [made] by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.

Good News Bible
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.

King James Version
Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

New American Standard Bible
Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand.

New International Version
This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb line in his hand.

New King James Version
Thus He showed me: Behold, the Lord stood on a wall made with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord stood by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand.

Revised Standard Version
He showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.

Young's Literal Translation
Thus hath He shewed me, and lo, the Lord is standing by a wall `made according to' a plumb-line, and in His hand a plumb-line;

New English Translation
He showed me this: I saw¹ the sovereign One² standing by a tin³ wall holding tin in his hand.

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