3 So the Lord relented concerning this.“It shall not be,” said the Lord.
4 Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, the Lord God called for conflict by fire, and it consumed the great deep and devoured the territory.
5 Then I said:“O Lord God, cease, I pray!Oh, that Jacob may stand,For he is small!”
6 So the Lord relented concerning this.“This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.
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, I am setting a plumb lineIn the midst of My people Israel;I will not pass by them anymore.
9 The high places of Isaac shall be desolate,And the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste.I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam.”