4. This is what the Master יהוה showed me, and see, the Master יהוה was calling to contend by fire, and it consumed the great deep and did consume the portion,
5. and I said, “O Master יהוה, please stop! How does Ya‛aqoḇ survive, for he is small?”
6. יהוה relented concerning this. “This shall not be either,” said the Master יהוה.
7. This is what He showed me, and see, יהוה stood on a wall made with a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in His hand,
8. and יהוה said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb-line.” And יהוה said, “See, I am setting a plumb-line in the midst of My people Yisra’ĕl, no longer do I pardon them.