Amos 7:4

Thus has the Lord shown me; and, behold, the Lord called for judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and devoured the Lord’s portion.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3Repent, O Lord, for this. And this shall not be, saith the Lord.

5Then I said, O Lord, cease, I pray thee: who shall raise up Jacob? for he is small in number. Repent, O Lord, for this.

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:2and fire came forth from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.

Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has been kindled out of my wrath, 1 It shall burn to hell below; 1 It shall devour the land, and the fruits of it; 1 It shall set on fire the foundations of the mountains. 1

Isaiah 66:15For, behold, the Lord will come as fire, and his chariots as a storm, to render his vengeance with wrath, and his rebuke with a flame of fire.

Jeremiah 21:12O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Judge judgment in the morning, and act rightly, and rescue the spoiled one from the hand of him that wrongs him, lest mine anger be kindled like fire, and it burn, and there be none to quench it.

Amos 1:7And I will send forth a fire on the walls of Gaza, and it shall devour its foundations.

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 →

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