7:7a This is what He showed me:

Then Yahweh showed me this,
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⌊Amos continued to speak:⌋ These are other things that Yahweh showed to me ⌊in another vision⌋ .

7:7b Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall

Look! ⌊I saw⌋ Yahweh standing beside a wall
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⌊In the vision⌋ Yahweh ⌊showed himself to me,⌋ standing near a wall.

7:7c true to plumb,

which ⌊people⌋ built using a plumb line.
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⌊People⌋ built the wall using a measuring rope. ⌊The rope was tied with a stone on one end to determine how straight the wall was.⌋

7:7d with a plumb line in His hand.

And he held the plumb line in his hand.
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Yahweh held the measuring rope/cord in his hand.

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