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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The LORD and King gave me a second vision. He was using fire to punish his people. It dried up the deep waters. It burned the land up.
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Then I cried out, "LORD and King, please stop! How can Jacob's people continue? They are such a weak nation!"
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So the LORD had pity on them. "I will let them continue for now," the LORD and King said.
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Then the Lord gave me a third vision. He was standing by a wall. It had been built very straight, all the way up and down. He was holding a plumb line.
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The LORD asked me, "What do you see, Amos?" "A plumb line," I replied. Then the Lord said, "Look at what I am doing. I am hanging a plumb line next to my people Israel. It will show how crooked they are. I will no longer spare them.