Amos:7:4-7
rsv@Amos:7:4 @ Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD was calling for a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land.
rsv@Amos:7:5 @ Then I said, "O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee! How can Jacob stand? He is so small!"
rsv@Amos:7:6 @ The LORD repented concerning this; "This also shall not be," said the Lord GOD.
rsv@Amos:7:7 @ He showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.