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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This is what the Lord God showed me: The Lord God was calling for fire to come down like rain. It burned up the deep water and was going to burn up the land.
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Then I cried out, "Lord God, stop! How could Israel live through this? It is too small already."
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So the Lord changed his mind about this too. "It will not happen," said the Lord God.
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This is what he showed me: The Lord stood by a straight wall, with a plumb line in his hand.
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The Lord said to me, "Amos, what do you see?" I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "See, I will put a plumb line among my people Israel to show how crooked they are. I will not look the other way any longer.