There will be wailing in all the vineyards,
for I will pass among you.
The Lord has spoken.

The Lord asked me, “What do you see, Amos?”

I replied, “A plumb line.”

Then the Lord said, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them:

for I am about to give the command,
and I will shake the house of Israel
among all the nations,
as one shakes a sieve,
but not a pebble will fall to the ground.

All the sinners among My people
who say: “Disaster will never overtake
or confront us,”
will die by the sword.