5 And I said, "Lord God, cease, I beg you. Who will raise up Jacob, for he is little?"
6 The Lord has been merciful about this. "And even this will not be," said the Lord God.
7 These things the Lord revealed to me. And behold, the Lord was standing near a plastered wall, and in his hand was a mason's trowel.
8 And the Lord said to me, "What do you see, Amos?" And I said, "A mason's trowel." And the Lord said, "Behold, I will place the trowel in the midst of my people Israel. I will no longer plaster over them.
9 And the heights of the idol will be demolished, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be desolate. And I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword."
10 And Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: "Amos has rebelled against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to withstand all his sermons.
11 For Amos says this: 'Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will be taken captive out of their own land.' "