2 When the locusts had finished eating every plant in the land, I said, “Almighty Lord, please forgive us! How can ⌊the descendants of⌋ Jacob survive? There are so few of them.”
3 The Lord changed his plans about this. “This won’t happen,” the Lord said.
4 This is what the Almighty Lord showed me: The Almighty Lord was calling for judgment by fire. The fire dried up the ocean and burned up the land.
5 Then I said, “Almighty Lord, please stop! How can ⌊the descendants of⌋ Jacob survive? There are so few of them.”
6 The Lord changed his plans about this. “This won’t happen either,” the Almighty Lord said.
7 This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall built with the use of a plumb line, and he had a plumb line in his hand.
8 He asked me, “What do you see, Amos?”I answered, “A plumb line.”Then the Lord said, “I’m going to hold a plumb line in the middle of my people Israel. I will no longer overlook what they have done.