Amos 7 7. Then the lord said look i am setting a plumb line among my people israel. 8 and the lord said unto me amos what seest thou.
Real character and aims of the prophets to understand and rightly interpret the prophetic writings of the old testament it is necessary to cast aside a false impression as to the character of the prophets which is widely. I will not again pass by them any more. I will spare them no longer.
7 this is what he showed me.
Or erected by a plumb line in order to be perpendicular and firm. And behold the lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline with a plumbline in his hand. I will spare them no longer. Amos 7 7 the meaning of the hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.