Amos 7:4
Thus the Lord GOD showed me; and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
3The LORD repented concerning this; 'It shall not be', saith the LORD.
5Then said I: O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech Thee; how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
Cross References
Leviticus 10:2And there came forth fire from before the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in My nostril, and burneth unto the depths of the nether-world, and devoureth the earth with her produce, and setteth ablaze the foundations of the mountains.
Isaiah 66:15For, behold, the LORD will come in fire, and His chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire.
Jeremiah 21:12O house of David, thus saith the LORD: Execute justice in the morning, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest My fury go forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Joel 2:30(3-3) And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
Amos 1:7So will I send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the palaces 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 →