Behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, *I am the LORD, the God of Avraham your father, and the God of Yitzchak. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.
Amos 7:7 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Thus he showed me and behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord stood upon a wall with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand. [II Kings 21:13; Isa. 34:11.] American Standard Version (1901) Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand. Common English Bible This is what the LORD showed me: The LORD was standing by a wall, with a plumb line in his hand. Catholic Public Domain Version These things the Lord revealed to me. And behold, the Lord was standing near a plastered wall, and in his hand was a mason's trowel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version These things the Lord shewed to me: and behold the Lord was standing upon a plastered wall, and in his hand a mason's trowel. |
Behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, *I am the LORD, the God of Avraham your father, and the God of Yitzchak. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.
He struck Mo'av, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. The Mo`avim became servants to David, and brought tribute.
I will stretch over Yerushalayim the line of Shomron, and the plummet of the house of Ach'av; and I will wipe Yerushalayim as a man wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line. The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place.
But the ka`at and the porcupine will possess it. The owl and the raven will dwell in it. He will stretch the line of confusion over it, and the plumb line of emptiness.
The LORD has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Tziyon; He has stretched out the line, he has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He has made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.
He brought me there; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
The LORD relented concerning this. *This also shall not be,* says the Lord GOD.
The LORD said to me, *`Amos, what do you see?* I said, *A plumb line.* Then the Lord said, *Behold, I will set a plumb line in the midst of my people Yisra'el. I will not again pass by them any more.
Indeed, who despises the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbavel. These are the eyes of the LORD, which run back and forth through the whole earth.*
A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, *Rise, and measure God's temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it.
He who spoke with me had for a measure, a golden reed, to measure the city, its gates, and its walls.