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# plumb line
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thin rope with a weight at one end used in building to make sure walls stand straight up and down
# what do you see?
Yahweh uses a question to teach Amos. AT: "tell me what you see." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
# I will put a plumb line among my people Israel
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Judging the people and determining they are wicked is spoken of as if the Israelites were a wall, and Yahweh determines the wall is not straight by using a plumb line. AT: "my people Israel are wicked. They are like a wall that is not straight up and down" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lord]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/peopleofgod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel]]