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But I said:

“My Lord Adonai, stop, please!
How can Jacob stand, for he is small?”
Adonai relented concerning this.
“This also shall not happen,”
    says my Lord Adonai.

Plumb Line on a Wall

This is what He has revealed to me: Behold, my Lord was standing by a vertical wall, and in His hand was a plumb line.

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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.