2 And it came to be, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said, “O Master יהוה, forgive, I pray! How does Ya‛aqoḇ survive, for he is small?”
3 יהוה relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” said יהוה.
4 This is what the Master יהוה showed me, and see, the Master יהוה was calling to contend by fire, and it consumed the great deep and did consume the portion,
5 and I said, “O Master יהוה, please stop! How does Ya‛aqoḇ survive, for he is small?”
6 יהוה relented concerning this. “This shall not be either,” said the Master יהוה.
7 This is what He showed me, and see, יהוה stood on a wall made with a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in His hand,
8 and יהוה said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb-line.” And יהוה said, “See, I am setting a plumb-line in the midst of My people Yisra’ĕl, no longer do I pardon them.