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.
4
Thus hath the Lord GOD shown unto me: And behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep and ate up a part.
5
Then said I, "O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee! By whom shall Jacob arise? For he is small."
6
The LORD repented concerning this. "This also shall not be," saith the Lord GOD.
7
Thus He showed me: And behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand.
8
And the LORD said unto me, "Amos, what seest thou?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then said the Lord, "Behold, I will set a plumb line in the midst of My people Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
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