7Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a
plumbline,
with a plumbline in his hand.
8And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline.
Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will
not again pass by them any more:
Notes
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Note 1: John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible
7:7 By a plumb - line - Strongly and beautifully built.
7:8 Set a plumb - line - I will exactly measure the whole ten tribes. Pass by
them - I will no more forbear, but will pull down all that is faulty.
Note 2: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
References to a plumb line, or line:
2 Samuel 8:2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the
ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full
line to keep alive.
And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
2 Kings 21:13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of
the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning
it upside down.
Isaiah 28:17 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.
Isaiah 34:11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the
raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the
stones of emptiness.
Lamentations 2:8 The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath
stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made
the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
Ezekiel 40:3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance
was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed;
and he stood in the gate.
Zechariah 2:1,2 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a
measuring line in his hand. 2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To
measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
Revelation 11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying,
Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
Revelation 21:15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and
the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
a plumbline - This was an emblem of strict justice; and intimated that God would now visit
them according to their iniquities.
