Amos 7:3-8 The LORD repented of this; It shall not be, said the LORD.

EJ2000⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ The LORD repented of this; It shall not be, said the LORD. ⁴ Afterward the Lord GOD showed me this: And, behold, the Lord GOD called to judge by fire, and it devoured the great deep and ate up the inheritance. ⁵ Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee; who shall raise up Jacob? for he is small. ⁶ The LORD repented of this: This also shall not be, said the Lord GOD. ⁷ Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. ⁸ And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass over them any more: