Amos 7:7

New International Version

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.

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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.

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Amos 7:17

New International Version

¹⁷“Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“‘Your wife will become a prostitute^(A) in the city,
    and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword.
Your land will be measured and divided up,
    and you yourself will die in a pagan^[a] country.
And Israel will surely go into exile,^(B)
    away from their native land.^(C)’”

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Amos 7:17 Hebrew an unclean

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2 Kings 21:13

New International Version

¹³I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line^(A) used against the house of Ahab. I will wipe^(B) out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

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