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Amos 7:5-7
New Catholic Bible
Amos 7:5-7
New Catholic Bible
5 I said:
Lord God, cease, I beg you.
Jacob is so small;
how can he survive?
6 Thereupon the Lord relented. “This also shall not happen,” said the Lord God.
The Vision of the Plumb Line. 7 Then the Lord showed me this: he was standing by a wall, with a plumb line in his hand.
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Amos 7:5-7
New International Version
Amos 7:5-7
New International Version
5 Then I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!(A)”
6 So the Lord relented.(B)
“This will not happen either,” the Sovereign Lord said.(C)
7 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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