Five Visions of Amos 1. Vision of Locusts (7:1–3) 2. Vision of Fire (7:4–6) 3. Vision of the Plumb Line (7:7–9) 4. Vision of the Summer Fruit (8:1–14) 5. Vision of the Lord (9:1–10) 7:4–6 Under the figure of fire, the second vision concerns a devastating drought, causing the underground water supplies to dry up and the fields to be consumed (cf. Deut. 32:22). Amos again pleaded Israel’s cause (cf. vv. 2, 3). 7:7–9 The true spiritual nature of Israel was here tested (and found wanting) by God’s plumb