Thus he showed me and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
      II. We have here the rejection of those at last who had been often reprieved and yet never reclaimed, reduced to straits and yet never reduced to their God and their duty. This is represented to the prophet by a vision (Amos 7:7; Amos 7:8) and an express prediction of utter ruin, Amos 7:9; Amos 7:9.