NET Bible
"He showed me this: I saw the Lord standing by a tin wall holding tin in his hand."
— Amos 7:7, NET Bible
“Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.”
“Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand. ”
“Thus he showed me and behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.”
“These things the Lord shewed to me: and behold the Lord was standing upon a plastered wall, and in his hand a mason's trowel.”
“This is what he let me see: and I saw the Lord stationed by a wall made straight by a weighted line, and he had a weighted line in his hand.”
“Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.”
The Sovereign LORD showed me this: I saw the Sovereign LORD summoning a shower of fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields.
I said,“Sovereign LORD, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!”
The LORD decided not to do this. The Sovereign LORD said,“This will not happen either.”
He showed me this: I saw the Lord standing by a tin wall holding tin in his hand.
The LORD said to me,“What do you see, Amos?” I said,“Tin.” The Lord then said,“Look, I am about to place tin among my people Israel. I will no longer overlook their sin.
Isaac’s centers of worship will become desolate; Israel’s holy places will be in ruins. I will attack Jeroboam’s dynasty with the sword.”
Amos Confronts a Priest Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent this message to King Jeroboam of Israel:“Amos is conspiring against you in the very heart of the kingdom of Israel! The land cannot endure all his prophecies.