Amos 7:4
These 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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3The Lord had pity upon this: It shall not be, said the Lord.
5And I said: O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee, who shall raise up Jacob, for he is a little one?
Cross References
Leviticus 10:2And fire coming out from the Lord destroyed them, and they died before the Lord.
Deuteronomy 32:22A fire is kindled in my wrath, and shall burn even to the lowest hell: and shall devour the earth with her increase, and shall burn the foundations of the mountains.
Isaiah 66:15For behold the Lord will come with fire, and his chariots are like a whirlwind, to render his wrath in indignation, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Jeremiah 21:12O house of David, this saith the Lord: Judge ye judgement in the morning, and deliver him that is oppressed by violence out of the hand of the oppressor: lest my indignation go forth like a fire, and be kindled, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your ways.
Joel 2:30And I will shew wonders in heaven; and in earth, blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke.
Amos 1:7And I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the houses thereof.
Matthew Henry on Amos 7:2-10
Intercession for Israel; Ruin of Israel Foretold. ( b. c. 785.) 1 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. 2 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. 3 The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord . 4 Thus hath… Read the whole commentary →