3 The Lord relented concerning this. “This shall not be,” said the Lord God.
4 This is what the Lord God showed me: He was summoning a rain of fire. It had devoured the great abyss and was consuming the fields.
5 Then I said:Cease, O Lord God!Who will raise up Jacob?He is so small!
6 The Lord relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.
7 This is what the Lord God showed me: He was standing, plummet in hand, by a wall built with a plummet.
8 The Lord God asked me, “What do you see, Amos?” And I answered, “A plummet.” Then the Lord said:See, I am laying the plummetin the midst of my people Israel;I will forgive them no longer.
9 The high places of Isaac shall be laid waste,and the sanctuaries of Israel made desolate;and I will attack the house of Jeroboam with the sword.