Amos 7:1
Thus lord LORD showed me: And, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth, and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
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Exodus 10:12And LORD said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left.
Jeremiah 1:11Moreover the word of LORD came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what do thou see? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
Ezekiel 11:25Then I spoke to those of the captivity all the things that LORD had shown me.
Joel 2:25And I will restore to you the years that the locust, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm has eaten--my great army which I sent among you.
Amos 7:4Thus lord LORD showed me: And, behold, lord LORD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.
Amos 8:1Thus lord LORD showed me: And, behold, a basket of summer fruit.
Matthew Henry on Amos 7:1
In this chapter we have, I. God contending with Israel, by the judgments, but are reprieved, and the judgments turned away at the prayer of Amos, ver. 1-6 . 2. God's patience is at length worn out by their obstinacy, and they are rejected, and sentenced to utter ruin, ver. 7-9 . II. Israel contending with God, by the opposition given to his prophet. 1. Amaziah informs against Amos ( ver. 10, 11 ) and does what he can to rid the country of him as a public nuisance, ver. 12, 13 . 2. Amos justifies himself in what he… Read the whole commentary →