3 Then the Lord felt sorry and answered, “I won't let it be destroyed.”
4 The Lord showed me that he is going to send a ball of fire to burn up everything on earth, including the sea.
5 Then I said, “Won't you please stop? How can our weak nation survive?”
6 Again the Lord felt sorry and answered, “I won't let it be destroyed.”
7 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.
8 Then he asked, “Amos, what do you see?”“A measuring line,” I answered.The Lord said, “I'm using this measuring line to show that my people Israel don't measure up, and I won't forgive them any more.
9 Their sacred places will be destroyed, and I will send war against the nation of King Jeroboam.”