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Amos 7:8

“Amos, what do you see?” asked the LORD. “A plumb line,” I replied. “Behold,” said the Lord, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them:

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ASV

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;

KJV

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:

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֵלַ֗י'e.Laito meH413 →
מָֽה־mah-what?H4100 →
אַתָּ֤ה'a.Tah[are] youH859 →
רֹאֶה֙ro.'EhseeingH7200 →
עָמ֔וֹסa.MosO AmosH5986 →
וָאֹמַ֖רva.'o.Marand I saidH559 →
אֲנָ֑ךְ'a.NakhtinH594 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
אֲדֹנָ֗י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
הִנְנִ֨יhi.Nihere IH2005 →
שָׂ֤םsam[am] about to putH7760 →
אֲנָךְ֙'a.noKhtinH594 →
בְּקֶ֙רֶב֙be.Ke.revin [the] midst ofH7130 →
עַמִּ֣י'a.Mipeople myH5971 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
אוֹסִ֥יף'o.SifI will repeatH3254 →
ע֖וֹדodagainH5750 →
עֲב֥וֹרa.Vorto pass byH5674 →
לֽוֹ׃lo<to> it

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Jeremiah 1:11And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.Amos 8:2“Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”Lamentations 2:8The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away.Jeremiah 15:6You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.Ezekiel 7:2–9“O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.2 Kings 21:13I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?Isaiah 28:17I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.Jeremiah 1:11–13And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.Zechariah 5:2“What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”Nahum 1:8–9But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.Jeremiah 24:3“Jeremiah,” the LORD asked, “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.”

About Amos

The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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