Symbolic Visions of Judgment

7:1 The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw1 him making locusts just as the crops planted late2 were beginning to sprout. (The crops planted late sprout after the royal harvest.3) 7:2 When they had completely consumed the earth’s vegetation, I said,

“Sovereign Lord, forgive Israel!4

How can Jacob survive?5

He is too weak!”6

7:3 The Lord decided not to do this.7 “It will not happen,” the Lord said.

7:4 The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw8 the sovereign Lord summoning a shower of fire.9 It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields.

7:5 I said, “Sovereign Lord, stop!

How can Jacob survive?10

He is too weak!”11

7:6 The Lord decided not to do this.12 The sovereign Lord said, “This will not happen either.”

7:7 He showed me this: I saw13 the sovereign One14 standing by a tin15 wall holding tin in his hand. 7:8 The Lord said to me, “What do you see, Amos?” I said, “Tin.” The sovereign One then said,

“Look, I am about to place tin among my people Israel.

I will no longer overlook their sin.16

7:9 Isaac’s centers of worship17 will become desolate;

Israel’s holy places will be in ruins.

I will attack Jeroboam’s dynasty with the sword.”18