Amos 7:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made with a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

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  • 2 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
  • Isa 28:17 : 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
  • Isa 34:11 : 11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl and the raven shall dwell in it: and He shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
  • Lam 2:8 : 8 The Lord has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: He has stretched out a line, He has not withdrawn His hand from destroying: therefore He made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
  • Ezek 40:3 : 3 He brought me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen line in his hand and a measuring reed, and he stood in the gateway.
  • Zech 2:1-2 : 1 I lifted my eyes again and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 Then I said, 'Where are you going?' And he said to me, 'To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.'
  • Rev 11:1 : 1 And there was given to me a reed like a rod, and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship there.
  • Rev 21:15 : 15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates of it, and the wall of it.
  • 2 Sam 8:2 : 2 And he defeated Moab and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; with two lines he measured to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants and brought gifts.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Amos 7:8-11
    4 verses
    92%

    8And the LORD said to me, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A plumbline. Then the Lord said, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not pass by them anymore:

    9And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

    10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

    11For thus Amos says, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.

  • Amos 7:6
    73%

    6The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, says the Lord GOD.

  • Zech 2:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1I lifted my eyes again and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

    2Then I said, 'Where are you going?' And he said to me, 'To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.'

  • Ezek 40:2-5
    4 verses
    72%

    2In the visions of God, He brought me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on which was something like the structure of a city to the south.

    3He brought me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen line in his hand and a measuring reed, and he stood in the gateway.

    4The man said to me, "Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and fix your mind on everything I show you; for you have been brought here so that I may show it to you. Declare all you see to the house of Israel."

    5There was a wall all around the outside of the temple, and in the man's hand was a measuring reed six cubits long, each cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth. So he measured the width of the wall structure, one reed, and the height, one reed.

  • Amos 8:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1This is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit.

    2And He said, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then the LORD said to me, The end has come upon my people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore.

  • Ezek 8:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.

    8Then he said to me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had dug in the wall, behold, a door.

  • Amos 7:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.

    16Now therefore hear the word of the LORD: You say, Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.

  • Isa 28:17
    71%

    17Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

  • Ezek 7:1
    71%

    1Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • Lam 2:8
    70%

    8The Lord has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: He has stretched out a line, He has not withdrawn His hand from destroying: therefore He made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.

  • Ezek 13:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14So will I break down the wall that you have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and you shall be consumed in its midst; and you shall know that I am the LORD.

    15Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall and upon those who daubed it with untempered mortar, and will say to you, 'The wall is no more, nor are those who daubed it.'

  • Jer 13:8
    68%

    8Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • Amos 1:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

    2And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter His voice from Jerusalem, and the pastures of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.

  • Jer 7:3
    68%

    3Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will allow you to dwell in this place.

  • 2 Kgs 21:13
    68%

    13And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

  • Ezek 13:12
    68%

    12Surely, when the wall has fallen, will it not be said to you, 'Where is the daubing with which you have daubed it?'

  • Zech 4:8
    67%

    8Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • Isa 21:6
    67%

    6For the Lord has said to me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he sees.

  • Mic 7:11
    67%

    11In the day that your walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be removed far away.

  • Amos 9:1
    67%

    1I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said, Strike the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake; and cut them in the head, all of them. I will slay the last of them with the sword; he who flees from them shall not flee away, and he who escapes of them shall not be delivered.

  • 2 Chr 7:21
    67%

    21And this house, which is exalted, shall be an astonishment to everyone who passes by it; so that they will say, Why has the LORD done this to this land and to this house?

  • Zech 1:20
    67%

    20Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen.

  • Jer 31:39
    67%

    39And the measuring line shall again extend straight to the hill Gareb, and then shall turn toward Goath.

  • Zech 4:10
    67%

    10For who has despised the day of small things? For they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

  • Ezek 21:1
    67%

    1And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • Amos 7:4
    67%

    4Thus the Lord GOD showed to me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and consumed a part.

  • Amos 6:11
    67%

    11For behold, the LORD commands, and He will strike the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

  • Lev 14:37
    67%

    37And he shall look on the plague, and indeed if the plague is in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which seem to be lower than the wall;

  • Jer 45:4
    67%

    4Thus you shall say to him, The LORD says this; Behold, that which I have built I will break down, and that which I have planted I will uproot, even this whole land.

  • Hab 2:1
    66%

    1I will stand upon my watch, and set myself upon the tower, and will watch to see what He will say to me, and what I shall answer when I am corrected.

  • Rev 11:1
    66%

    1And there was given to me a reed like a rod, and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship there.

  • Isa 5:7
    66%

    7For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.

  • Jer 7:11
    66%

    11Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, says the LORD.

  • Isa 2:1
    66%

    1The word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

  • Hag 1:7
    66%

    7Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways.

  • 1 Kgs 7:10
    66%

    10And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.

  • Ezek 13:10
    66%

    10Because, indeed, they have seduced my people, saying, 'Peace,' when there was no peace; and one builds up a wall, and others daub it with untempered mortar.

  • Hab 2:11
    66%

    11For the stone shall cry out from the wall, and the beam from the timber shall answer it.