The Lord said to me, ‘What do you see, Jeremiah? ’ I said, ‘Figs! The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are extremely bad, so bad that they are inedible.’
He asked me, ‘What do you see, Amos? ’ I replied, ‘A basket of summer fruit.’ , The Lord said to me, ‘The end has come for my people Israel; I will no longer spare them.
He asked me, ‘What do you see? ’ I replied, ‘I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top. The lampstand also has seven lamps at the top with seven spouts for each of the lamps.
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:
Formerly in Israel, a man who was going to enquire of God would say, ‘Come, let’s go to the seer,’ for the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.
This is what the Lord of Armies says: ‘I am about to send sword, famine, and plague against them, and I will make them like rotten figs that are inedible because they are so bad.