Amós 7:7

7 Me enseñó también así: He aquí, el Señor estaba sobre un muro edificado a plomada de albañil, y tenía en su mano una plomada de albañil

Amós 7:7 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 7:7

Thus he showed me
A third vision, which was in the following manner: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall [made] by a plumbline, with a
plumbline in his hand:
this "wall" was the people of Israel, who were built up as a wall, firm and strong; and so stood against their enemies, while supported by the Lord, and he stood by them. The Septuagint version is, "an adamantine wall". In their constitution, both civil and ecclesiastic, they were formed according to the good and righteous laws of God, which may be signified by the plumbline; and so the Targum renders it, "the wall of judgment". And now the Lord appears standing upon this wall, to trample it down, and not to support it; and with a plumbline in his hand, to examine and try whether this wall was as it was first erected; whether it did not bulge out, and vary from its former structure, and was not according to the line and rule of his divine word, which was a rule of righteousness.

Amós 7:7 In-Context

5 Y dije: Señor DIOS, cesa ahora; ¿quién levantará a Jacob? Porque es pequeño

6 Se arrepintió el SEÑOR de esto: No será esto tampoco, dijo el Señor DIOS

7 Me enseñó también así: He aquí, el Señor estaba sobre un muro edificado a plomada de albañil, y tenía en su mano una plomada de albañil

8 Y el SEÑOR entonces me dijo: ¿Qué ves, Amós? Y dije: Una plomada de albañil. Y el Señor dijo: He aquí, Yo pongo plomada de albañil en medio de mi pueblo Israel. Nunca más le pasaré

9 y los altares de Isaac serán destruidos, y los santuarios de Israel serán asolados; y me levantaré con espada sobre la casa de Jeroboam