Amos 7:1-9 - Warning Visions
1 Thus lord LORD showed me: And, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth, and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. 2 And it came to pass that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O lord LORD, forgive, I beseech thee. How shall Jacob stand, for he is small?
3 LORD relented concerning this. It shall not be, says LORD.
4 Thus lord LORD showed me: And, behold, lord LORD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land. 5 Then I said, O lord LORD, cease, I beseech thee. How shall Jacob stand, for he is small?
6 LORD relented concerning this. This also shall not be, says lord LORD.
7 Thus he showed me: And, behold, LORD stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand. 8 And LORD said to me, Amos, what do thou see? And I said, A plumb-line. Then LORD said, Behold, I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.
9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.