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1 This is what the Lord GOD {Adonai YHWH} showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up. 2 And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD {Adonai YHWH}, please forgive! How will Jacob (he grasps the heel) survive, since he is so small?” 3 So the LORD {YHWH} relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said. 4 This is what the Lord GOD {Adonai YHWH} showed me: The Lord GOD {YHWH} was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land. 5 Then I said, “Lord GOD {Adonai YHWH}, please stop! How will Jacob (he grasps the heel) survive, since he is so small?” 6 So the LORD {YHWH} relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD {Adonai YHWH}. 7 This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord {Adonai} was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand. 8 “Amos (burden), what do you see?” asked the LORD {YHWH}. “A plumb line,” I replied. “Behold,” said the Lord {Adonai}, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel (he wrestles with God); I will no longer spare them: Amos 7:1-8, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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