Amos 7:5-7

Contemporary English Version

⁵ Then I said, “Won't you please stop? How can our weak nation survive?”

⁶ Again the Lord felt sorry and answered, “I won't let it be destroyed.”

A Vision of a Measuring Line

⁷ The Lord showed me a vision of himself standing beside a wall and holding a string with a weight tied to the end of it. The string and weight had been used to measure the straightness of the wall.