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  1. 1 This is what the Lord God showed me: I saw that he was forming a locust swarm at the time when the late crops[a] were beginning to sprout—the crops that were planted after the cuttings of hay for the king.

    2 When the swarm had finished consuming the vegetation of the land, I said, “Lord God, please forgive! How can Jacob stand? Look, he is so small!”

    3 The Lord changed his decree about this. “It will not happen,” said the Lord.

    4 This is what the Lord God showed me: I saw the Lord God calling for a trial by fire, which devoured the great deep and started to consume the land.

    5 I said, “Lord God, please stop! How can Jacob stand? Look, he is so small!”

    6 The Lord changed his decree about this. “This will not happen,” said the Lord God.

    7 This is what he showed me: I saw the Lord standing by a wall that had been constructed with a plumb line. He had a plumb line in his hand.

    8 The Lord said to me, “What do you see, Amos?”

    I said, “A plumb line.”

    Then the Lord said:

    Look, I am about to set up a plumb line next to my people Israel.
    I will no longer overlook their sin.
    9 The high places of Isaac will be desolate,
    and the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined.
    I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. – Amos 7:1-9 (EHV)

    Footnotes:
    [a] Amos 7:1 The late crops are the crops that grow at the time of the last spring rain, as the rainy season is coming to an end. Since the king has already collected all the taxes for the whole year from the first cuttings, if the spring rain fails, it is the people who will come up short.

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