^{6 Ref} Yahweh relented concerning this. "This also shall not be," says the Lord Yahweh.

^{7 Ref} Thus he showed me and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.

^{8 Ref} Yahweh said to me, "Amos, what do you see?" I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold, I will set a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.