Amos 7:1-9

1The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw him making locusts just as the crops planted late were beginning to sprout. (The crops planted late sprout after the royal harvest.)

2When they had completely consumed the earth’s vegetation, I said, “Sovereign Lord, forgive Israel! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!”

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

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

5I said, “Sovereign Lord, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!”

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

7He showed me this: I saw the sovereign One standing by a tin wall holding tin in his hand.

8The 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.

9Isaac’s centers of worship will become desolate; Israel’s holy places will be in ruins. I will attack Jeroboam’s dynasty with the sword.”