Amos 7:1
These things the Lord God shewed to me: and behold the locust was formed in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter rain, and lo, it was the latter rain after the king's mowing.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Exodus 10:12And the Lord said to Moses: Stretch forth thy hand upon the land of Egypt unto the locust, that it may come upon it, and devour every herb that is left after the hail.
Jeremiah 1:11And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: What seest thou, Jeremias? And I said: I see a rod watching.
Ezekiel 11:25And I spoke to them of the captivity all the words of the Lord, which he had shewn me.
Joel 2:25And I will restore to you the ears which the locust, and the bruchus, and the mildew, and the palmerworm have eaten; my great host which I sent upon you.
Amos 7:4These things the Lord God shewed to me: and behold the Lord called for judgment unto fire, and it devoured the great deep, and ate up a part at the same time.
Amos 8:1These things the Lord shewed to me: and behold a hook to draw down the 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 →