Plumb Line
“Thus he showed me: and,
behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in
his hand. And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, a plumb
line. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumb line in the midst of my
people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more.”
A cord with a
weight (usually metal or stone) attached to one end. The plumb line would be
dangled beside a wall during its construction to assure vertical accuracy.
Prophets spoke of the measurement God would use on the nation (Isa. 28:17; Amos 7:7-8). Israel had
been built straight, but, because it was out of line, it would be destroyed. Amos
prophecies to show them how they were out of line.
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