1. This is what the Almighty Lord showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts when the second crop was being harvested. It was the harvest that followed the harvest for the king.
2. When the locusts had finished eating every plant in the land, I said, “Almighty Lord, please forgive us! How can ⌊the descendants of⌋ Jacob survive? There are so few of them.”
3. The Lord changed his plans about this. “This won’t happen,” the Lord said.
4. This is what the Almighty Lord showed me: The Almighty Lord was calling for judgment by fire. The fire dried up the ocean and burned up the land.
5. Then I said, “Almighty Lord, please stop! How can ⌊the descendants of⌋ Jacob survive? There are so few of them.”
6. The Lord changed his plans about this. “This won’t happen either,” the Almighty Lord said.
7. This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall built with the use of a plumb line, and he had a plumb line in his hand.