6. So the Lord felt sorry about this. “This will not happen either,” said the Lord God.
7. This is what the Lord showed me: The Lord stood by a straight wall. He had a plumb line in his hand.
8. The Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”I said, “A plumb line.”Then the Lord said, “See, I will put a plumb line among my people Israel to show how crooked they are. I will not feel sorry for them any longer.
9. “The places where Isaac’s descendants worship will be destroyed.Israel’s holy places will be turned into ruins.And I will attack King Jeroboam’s family with the sword.”
10. So Amaziah, a priest at Bethel, sent this message to Jeroboam king of Israel: “Amos is making evil plans against you with the people of Israel. He has been speaking so much that this land can’t hold all his words.