Amos 7:1 says, Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.  Amos saw this in a vision.  God was pronouncing His judgment on Israel by saying He would send grasshoppers to devour all the crops.  These grasshoppers were to be sent especially by God to destroy the latter growth. This would have been a very devastating judgment, though the people may have deserved it because of their actions against God's will.  We can always be certain that if God sends His judgment on us, it is because we have earned it.  Verse two asks, And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.  Amos made an intercession with God on behalf of Israel.  Amos asked God how Jacob, or the nation of Israel, would survive this judgment.  They may have felt big and powerful, but Amos said they were small.  Any person or nation that stands against God is small.  Sometimes, someone we know may need us to intercede with God on their behalf.  Verse three says, The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.  God heard the question that Amos asked, and did not send this judgment on Israel.  It says that God repented, but I believe that this means that He did not carry out His plan and not that He had been guilty of any wrong doing.  We need to be in prayer for the lost of the world today that they might not be destroyed before they come to accept Christ as Savior and Lord.  Verse four says, Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.  Amos saw a second judgment coming to the people of Israel, and this one was a consuming fire.  When God sends His judgment, it will always be a consuming fire for sin.  The only way to avoid this is through faith in Christ.  Verse five asks, Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.  Amos once again intercedes with God for Jacob, or the people of Israel.  We should never give up on praying for the lost of the world.  Verse six states, The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.  Once again, the prayer of Amos was effective, and the people of Israel were spared this judgment.  We need to realize the true power of prayer.  Verse seven declares, Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.  This was a third vision that Amos had, and in it he saw God holding a plumb line, which is used to make sure that a wall or building is straight.  Verse eight says, And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:  God asked Amos a question, "What do you see?"  Sometimes, when God reveals His will to us, He may need to make sure that we really understand what He is saying.  Amos answered, "A plumb line," which was true.  God then told Amos the significance of the plumb line.  God was going to measure how straight the the faith of Israel was, and they were to be head accountable to God's standard.  So will we today.  Verse nine states, And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.  Since Israel had profaned the worship of God, their places of worship were going to be desolate and laid to waste.  God will never accept insincere worship.