Amós 7:7

7 El SEÑOR me mostró otra visión: Estaba él de pie junto a un muro construido a plomo, y tenía una cuerda de plomada en la mano.

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 exclamé:—¡Deténte, SEÑOR mi Dios, te lo ruego! ¿Cómo sobrevivirá Jacob, si es tan pequeño?

6 Entonces el SEÑOR se compadeció y dijo:—Esto tampoco va a suceder.

7 El SEÑOR me mostró otra visión: Estaba él de pie junto a un muro construido a plomo, y tenía una cuerda de plomada en la mano.

8 Y el SEÑOR me preguntó:—¿Qué ves, Amós?—Una cuerda de plomada —respondí.Entonces el Señor dijo:—Mira, voy a tirar la plomada en medio de mi pueblo Israel; no volveré a perdonarlo.

9 »Los altares paganos de Isaac serán destruidos,y arruinados los santuarios de Israel;me levantaré con espadacontra el palacio de Jeroboán.