Amos 7:7-9

Contemporary English Version

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. ⁸ Then he asked, “Amos, what do you see?”

“A measuring line,” I answered.

The Lord said, “I'm using this measuring line to show that my people Israel don't measure up, and I won't forgive them any more. ⁹ Their sacred places will be destroyed, and I will send war against the nation of King Jeroboam.”^[a]