Amos 7:8
Share
| Overview - Amos 7 | |
| 1 | The judgments of the grasshoppers, |
| 4 | and of the fire are diverted by the prayer of Amos. |
| 7 | By the wall of a plumbline is signified the rejection of Israel. |
| 10 | Amaziah complains of Amos. |
| 14 | Amos shews his calling; |
| 16 | and Amaziah's judgment. |
 | |
Amos 7:8 (King James Version)
And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:
- Amos
- Jeremiah 1:11-13 ; Zechariah 5:2
- a plumbline
- This was an emblem of strict justice; and intimated that God would now visit them according to their iniquities.
- I will set
- Lamentations 2:8
- I will not
- 8:2 Jeremiah 15:6 ; Ezekiel 7:2-9 ; Micah 7:18 ; Nahum 1:8 Nahum 1:9