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AMOS 7:1–7:9 ©

The Locusts, Fire, and Plumb Line

The Locusts, Fire, and Plumb Line

(Joel 2:1–11)


7This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.[fn] 2And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”


3So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.


4This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land. 5Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”


6So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.


7This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand. 8“Amos, what do you see?” asked the LORD.

“A plumb line,” I replied.


“Behold,” said the Lord, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them:


9The high places of Isaac will be deserted,

and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste;

and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam

with My sword.”


7:1 LXX A swarm of locusts coming from the east; and, behold, one grasshopper, king Gog.

AMOS 7:1–7:9 ©

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