Amos 7:1-8 ▼

1 The sovereign LORD showed me this: I saw him making locusts just as the crops planted late were beginning to sprout. (The crops planted late sprout after the royal harvest.)

2 When they had completely consumed the earth's vegetation, I said, |Sovereign LORD, forgive Israel! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!|

3 The LORD decided not to do this. |It will not happen,| the LORD said.

4 The sovereign LORD showed me this: I saw the sovereign LORD summoning a shower of fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields.

5 I said, |Sovereign LORD, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!|

6 The LORD decided not to do this. The sovereign LORD said, |This will not happen either.|

7 He showed me this: I saw the sovereign One standing by a tin wall holding tin in his hand.

8 The LORD said to me, |What do you see, Amos?| I said, |Tin.| The sovereign One then said, |Look, I am about to place tin among my people Israel. I will no longer overlook their sin.