Study it in the app“And YHWH said to me, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A plumb line.” And Adonai said, “Look at me: I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel; I will no longer pass by him.”
And YHWHוַ יְהוָהsaidיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“Whatמָהdo youאַתָּהsee,רֹאֶהAmos?”עָמוֹסAnd I said,וָאֹמַר“A plumb line.”אֲנָךְAnd Adonaiוַ אֲדֹנָיsaid,יֹּאמֶר“Look at me:הִנְנִיI am settingשָׂםa plumb lineאֲנָךְin the midstבְּקֶרֶבof my peopleעַמִּיIsrael;יִשְׂרָאֵלI will noלֹאlongerאוֹסִיף עוֹדpass byעֲבוֹרhim.לוֹ
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “roe” appearsAmos
"Amos": "burden"; a prophet from Tekoa.
Where else “amos” appearsplumb line
A plumb line, a weight on a cord used to see whether a wall is straight; some take it as a hook.
Where else “anach” appearsAdonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sam” appearsmidst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kerev” appearsAmmi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsdo again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “osif” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avor” appears7Thus he showed me: and look, Adonai was standing by a wall built with a plumb line, and in his hand a plumb line.
8 · This verse (above)
9And the high places of Isaac will be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
