But to those who were separate you gave wine for drink; and to the prophets you said, Be prophets no longer.

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:

But be a prophet no longer at Beth-el: for it is the holy place of the king, and the king's house.

He asked me, “What do you see, Amos?”

I replied, “A basket of summer fruit.”

The Lord said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.