6. So the Lord relented concerning this.“This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.
7. Thus He showed me: Behold, the Lord stood on a wall made with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand.
8. And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”And I said, “A plumb line.”Then the Lord said:“Behold, I am setting a plumb lineIn the midst of My people Israel;I will not pass by them anymore.
9. The high places of Isaac shall be desolate,And the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste.I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam.”
10. Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.
11. For thus Amos has said:‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword,And Israel shall surely be led away captiveFrom their own land.’ ”
12. Then Amaziah said to Amos:“Go, you seer!Flee to the land of Judah.There eat bread,And there prophesy.
13. But never again prophesy at Bethel,For it is the king’s sanctuary,And it is the royal residence.”