3 The Lord relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says the Lord.
4 Thus the Lord GOD showed me and behold, the Lord GOD called for judgement by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.
5 Then I said, “Lord GOD, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
6 The Lord relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord GOD.
7 Thus he showed me and behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
8 The Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”I said, “A plumb line.”Then the Lord said, “Behold, I will set a plumb line in the middle of my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.
9 The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”