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Amos 7:8 KJV
Amos · chapter 7 · verse 8 · King James Version
And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:Amos 7:8 · King James Version
Amos 7:8 in context
6The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
7Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
8And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:
9And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
Key words (Strong's)
- plumblineʼănâkaccording to most a plumb-line, and to others a hookH594 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- seestrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- midstqerebproperly, the nearest partH7130 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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