Amos 7:8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “See, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel; I will spare them no longer;

Cross References

2 Kings 21:13

I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line for Samaria and the plummet for the house of Ahab; I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

Isaiah 28:17

And I will make justice the line and righteousness the plummet; hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter.

Isaiah 34:11

But the desert owl and the screech owl shall possess it; the great owl and the raven shall live in it. He shall stretch the line of confusion and the plummet of chaos over it.

Jeremiah 15:6

You have rejected me, says the Lord; you are going backward, so I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you— I am weary of relenting.

Lamentations 2:8

The Lord determined to lay in ruins the wall of daughter Zion; he stretched the line; he did not withhold his hand from destroying; he caused rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.

Hosea 1:6

She conceived again and bore a daughter. Then the Lord said to him, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have pity on the house of Israel or forgive them.

Amos 7:7

This is what he showed me: the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.

Amos 8:2

He said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me, “The end has come upon my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of his possession? He does not retain his anger forever because he delights in showing steadfast love.

Zechariah 4:10

For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel. “These seven are the eyes of the Lord that range through the whole earth.”

Zechariah 4:2

He said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it; there are seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it.

Zechariah 5:2

And he said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits and its width ten cubits.”