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So the LORD had pity on them. "I will let them continue for now," the LORD and King said.
Amos 7:6 Meaning and Commentary
Amos 7:6
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 Sovereign LORD showed me: The Sovereign LORD was calling for judgment by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured the land.
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Then I cried out, “Sovereign LORD, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!”
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So the LORD relented. “This will not happen either,” the Sovereign LORD said.
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This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb line in his hand.
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And the LORD asked me, “What do you see, Amos?” “A plumb line,” I replied. Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.