3. God gave in.“It won’t happen,” he said.
4. God showed me this vision: Oh! God, my Master God was calling up a firestorm. It burned up the ocean. Then it burned up the Promised Land.
5. I said, “God, my Master! Hold it—please! What’s going to come of Jacob? He’s so small.”
6. God gave in.“All right, this won’t happen either,” God, my Master, said.
7. God showed me this vision: My Master was standing beside a wall. In his hand he held a plumb line.
10. Amaziah, priest at the shrine at Bethel, sent a message to Jeroboam, king of Israel:“Amos is plotting to get rid of you; and he’s doing it as an insider, working from within Israel. His talk will destroy the country. He’s got to be silenced. Do you know what Amos is saying?