1Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, he was forming locusts at the beginning of the spring crop's rising; and behold, there was the spring crop after the king's mowings.2And when it had finished eating the vegetation of the land, I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, please. Who will rise up for Jacob? For he is small.3The LORD relented concerning this. It shall not happen, said the LORD.4Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, the Lord GOD was summoning judgment by fire, and it consumed the great deep and consumed the portion.5And I said, O Lord GOD, cease, please. Who will rise up for Jacob? For he is small.6The LORD relented concerning this. It also shall not happen, said the Lord GOD.7Thus he showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing upon a plumbline wall, and in his hand was a plumbline.8And the LORD said to me, "What do you see, Amos?" And I said, "A plumbline." And the LORD said, "Behold, I am placing a plumbline among my people Israel; I will no longer pass by it."9And the high places of Isaac will be laid waste, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.