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Locusts, fire & the plumb line

Amos 7:1–9Three visions · Twice the prophet pleads · One plumb line beside the wall

1 Locusts consume the later growth
Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and behold, it was the latter… — Amos 7:1–3 · WEB
In the commentary Two Visions, Two Reprieves
2 Fire devours the deep and the land
Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: behold, the Lord Yahweh called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land. — Amos 7:4–6 · WEB
In the commentary Two Visions, Two Reprieves
3 One plumb line beside a true wall
Thus he showed me: behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. — Amos 7:7–9 · WEB
In the commentary The Plumb Line

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