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Then said I, “O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee! By whom shall Jacob arise? For he is small.”

The Lord repented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” saith the Lord God.

Thus He showed me: And behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand.

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Then I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!(A)

So the Lord relented.(B)

“This will not happen either,” the Sovereign Lord said.(C)

This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb,[a] with a plumb line[b] in his hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 7:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  2. Amos 7:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain; also in verse 8.