THE MASTER BUILDER REJECTS HIS COVENANT BUILDING
July 16, 2023
Amos 7:1-9
Warning Visions
7 aThis is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, bhe was forming locusts when the latter growth was just beginning to sprout, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings. 2 When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said,
“O Lord GOD, please forgive!
cHow can Jacob stand?
He is so small!”
3 dThe LORD relented concerning this:
“It shall not be,” said the LORD.
4 aThis is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD was calling efor a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land. 5 Then I said,
“O Lord GOD, please cease!
cHow can Jacob stand?
He is so small!”
6 dThe LORD relented concerning this:
“This also shall not be,” said the Lord GOD.
7 aThis is what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with fa plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. 8 And the LORD said to me, g“Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,
“Behold, I am setting fa plumb line
in the midst of my people Israel;
gI will never again pass by them;
9 hthe high places of Isaac shall be made desolate,
and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste,
and I will rise against ithe house of Jeroboam with the sword.”