Amos 7:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ and יהוה  said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb-line.” And יהוה  said, “See, I am setting a plumb-line in the midst of My people Yisra’ĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ 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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And the Lord said to me, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A plumb line. Then said the Lord, Behold, I am setting a plumb line as a standard in the midst of My people Israel. I will not pass by and spare them any more [the door of mercy is shut].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And Jehovah 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;

Common English Bible

⁸ The LORD said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” “A plumb line,” I said. Then the LORD said, “See, I am setting a plumb line in the middle of my people Israel. I will never again forgive them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And the Lord said to me, "What do you see, Amos?" And I said, "A mason's trowel." And the Lord said, "Behold, I will place the trowel in the midst of my people Israel. I will no longer plaster over them.

Amos 7:8 Cross References

2 Kings 21:13

‘And I shall stretch over Yerushalayim the measuring line of Shomeron and the plummet of the house of Aḥ

Isaiah 28:17

And I shall make right-ruling the measuring line, and righteousness the plummet. And the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lying, and the waters overflow the hiding place.

Isaiah 34:11

so that the pelican and the porcupine possess it, also the owl and the raven dwell in it. And He shall stretch out over it the line of formlessness and stones of emptiness.

Jeremiah 15:6

“You who have forsaken Me,” declares יהוה, “you have gone backward. Therefore I shall stretch out My hand against you and destroy you. I have been weary of relenting!

Lamentations 2:8

יהוה  has planned to destroy The wall of the daughter of Tsiyon. He has stretched out a line. He has not turned back His hand from destroying. And He has made the rampart and wall to lament; Together they have languished.

Hosea 1:6

And she conceived again and bore a daughter. And He said to him, “Call her name Lo-Ruḥ

Amos 7:7

This is what He showed me, and see, יהוה  stood on a wall made with a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in His hand,

Amos 8:2

And He said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” And יהוה  said to me, “The end has come upon my people Yisra’ĕ

Micah 7:18

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Zechariah 4:10

“For who has despised the day of small beginnings? They shall rejoice when they see the plumb-line in the hand of Zerubbaḇ

Zechariah 4:2

And he said to me, “What do you see?” So I said, “I have looked, and see: a lampstand all of gold with a bowl on top of it, and on the stand seven lamps with seven spouts to the seven lamps.

Zechariah 5:2

And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I answered, “I see a flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”