Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Amos 7:4 in context
Amos 7:1–7
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Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s harvest.
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When they finished eating the grass of the land, then I said, “Lord GOD, forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
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The LORD relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says the LORD.
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Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.
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Then I said, “Lord GOD, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
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The LORD relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord GOD.
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Thus he showed me: behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
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