Amos 7:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

He showed me this: The Lord was standing there by a vertical wall with a plumb line in his hand.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:13

I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line used on Samaria and the mason’s level used on the house of Ahab,  and I will wipe  Jerusalem clean as one wipes a bowl #– #wiping it and turning it upside down.

Revelation 21:15

The one who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod  to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.

Revelation 11:1

Then I was given a measuring reed  like a rod,  with these words: ‘Go  and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count those who worship there.

Ezekiel 40:3

He brought me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze,  with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.  He was standing by the city gate.

Lamentations 2:8

The Lord determined to destroy the wall of Daughter Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not restrain himself from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls grieve; together they waste away.

Isaiah 34:11

Eagle owls  and herons  will possess it, and long-eared owls and ravens will dwell there. The Lord will stretch out a measuring line and a plumb line  over her for her destruction and chaos.

Isaiah 28:17

And I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the mason’s level.’ Hail will sweep away the false refuge, and water will flood your hiding place.

2 Samuel 8:2

He also defeated the Moabites, and after making them lie down on the ground, he measured them off with a cord. He measured every two cord lengths of those to be put to death and one full length of those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute.

Genesis 28:13

The Lord was standing there beside him,  saying, ‘I am the Lord,  the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your offspring the land on which you are lying.

Amos 7:6

The Lord relented concerning this.  ‘This will not happen either,’ said the Lord God.

Amos 7:8

The Lord asked me, ‘What do you see, Amos? ’ I replied, ‘A plumb line.’ Then the Lord said, ‘I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel;  I will no longer spare them:

Zechariah 4:10

For who despises the day of small things?  These seven eyes of the Lord, which scan throughout the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the ceremonial stone  in Zerubbabel’s hand.’