The Lord repented for this He heard the prophet's prayer, and desisted from going on with the threatened destruction: this also shall not be, saith the Lord God; the whole land shall not be destroyed, only a part of it carried captive.
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Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, the Lord GOD was calling to contend with them by fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the farm land.
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Then I said, "Lord GOD, please stop! How can Jacob stand, for he is small?"
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The LORD changed His mind about this. "This too shall not be," said the Lord GOD.
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Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand.
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The LORD said to me, "What do you see, Amos?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold I am about to put a plumb line In the midst of My people Israel. I will spare them no longer .