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Ask a QuestionAnd 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 line In the midst of My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore.
Thus He showed me: Behold, the Lord stood on a wall made with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand.
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, Here a little, there a little."
And it came to pass, after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac dwelt at Beer La-hai' Roi.
A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance;
But the word of the LORD was to them, "Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, Here a little, there a little," That they might go and fall backward, and be broken And snared and caught.
They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.
And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him,
Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
So I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length."
"This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not pass beyond this heap to you, and you will not pass beyond this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.
He took me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze. He had a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand, and he stood in the gateway.
"Many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and they shall become My people. And I will dwell in your midst. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you.
"For surely I will shake My hand against them, and they shall become spoil for their servants. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me.
"Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon."
Then he stood and cried out to the armies of Israel, and said to them, "Why have you come out to line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.
'You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink; only let me pass through on foot,
For thus says the LORD of hosts: "He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye.
Let them praise His name with the dance; Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.
Then he defeated Moab. Forcing them down to the ground, he measured them off with a line. With two lines he measured off those to be put to death, and with one full line those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David's servants, and brought tribute.