Amos 7:7-9

Jesus is the plumb line for all of mankind He is where God meets earth offering His salvation to all men. He is the only way to the Father. He is the outward manifestation of a loving Father who extends mercy to those who ask. At the  cross where heaven meets earth.

A plumb line is a string with a weight tied to one end, used to establish a vertical line so that a wall can be built straight.

The plumb line of God’s revelation in the law had been set in the midst of … Israel for many generations. Now God would stretch a plumb line to demonstrate how “crooked” the people’s observance of His commands had been. 

Isaac, the father of Jacob, represented all Israel in Amos’s day. Jeroboam may refer to Jeroboam I, the first king of Israel, who instituted idolatry in the northern kingdom, or to Jeroboam II, the monarch during the time of these prophecies. If it is Jeroboam I, then the house of Jeroboam is a metaphor for the nation. If it is Jeroboam II, then the prophecy specifically concerns the royal household. The prophecy is taken by Amaziah to refer to the current king. Jeroboam II himself did not die by the sword, but his son Zechariah was assassinated after reigning only six months.

Amos 7:7-9

⁷ Thus He showed me: Behold, the Lord stood on a wall made with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand. ⁸ And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”

And I said, “A plumb line.”

Then the Lord said:

“Behold, I am setting a plumb line

In the midst of My people Israel;

I will not pass by them anymore.

⁹ The high places of Isaac shall be desolate,

And the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste.

I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam.”

¹⁷ Also I will make justice the measuring line, And righteousness the plummet; The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters will overflow the hiding place. 

Isaiah 28:17

¹⁸ Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy. 

Micah 7:18