Amos 7:1-9 - Warning Visions

¹ The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw him making locusts just as the crops planted late were beginning to sprout. (The crops planted late sprout after the royal harvest.) ² When they had completely consumed the earth's vegetation, I said, "Sovereign Lord, forgive Israel! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!"

³ The Lord decided not to do this. "It will not happen," the Lord said.

⁴ The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw the sovereign Lord summoning a shower of fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields. ⁵ I said, "Sovereign Lord, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!"

⁶ The Lord decided not to do this. The sovereign Lord said, "This will not happen either."

⁷ He showed me this: I saw the sovereign One standing by a tin wall holding tin in his hand. ⁸ The Lord said to me, "What do you see, Amos?" I said, "Tin." The sovereign One then said, "Look, I am about to place tin among my people Israel. I will no longer overlook their sin.

⁹ Isaac's centers of worship will become desolate; Israel's holy places will be in ruins. I will attack Jeroboam's dynasty with the sword."