Amos 7:5-7

Orthodox Jewish Bible

⁵Then said I, O Adonoi Hashem, cease, I beseech thee; how shall Ya’akov survive? For he is katon.

⁶Hashem relented for this: This also shall not be, saith Adonoi Hashem.

⁷Thus He showed me; and, hinei, Hashem stood upon a chomah (wall) made with a plumb line, and a plumb line in His hand.

Amos 7:5-7

New International Version

⁵Then I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!^(A)”

⁶So the Lord relented.^(B)

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

⁷This 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.

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

Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

New International Version (NIV)