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Then I said, “Lord God, I beg You to stop! How can Jacob stay alive, for he is so small?” So the Lord changed His mind about this. “This also will not be,” said the Lord God.

Special Dream about a String

This is what He showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall made straight by a string held 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.