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1 This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was forming a locust swarm when the late growth began to come up (the late growth after the king’s mowing ). 2 When they had finished eating the grass in the land, I said: Forgive, O Lord GOD! Who will raise up Jacob? He is so small! 3 The LORD relented concerning this. “This shall not be,” said the Lord GOD. 4 This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was summoning a rain of fire. It had devoured the great abyss and was consuming the fields. 5 Then I said: Cease, O Lord GOD! Who will raise up Jacob? He is so small! 6 The LORD relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” said the Lord GOD. 7 This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was standing, plummet in hand, by a wall built with a plummet. 8 The Lord GOD asked me, “What do you see, Amos?” And I answered, “A plummet.” Then the LORD said: See, I am laying the plummet in the midst of my people Israel; I will forgive them no longer. Amos 7:1-8, New American Bible Revised. Copyright © 2010 USCCB.
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