Amos 7:1
The Lord Jehovah showed me this vision: Behold, he formed locusts In the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; Behold, it was the latter growth after the king's mowing.
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Jeremiah 1:11Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, I see a rod of almond-wood.
Ezekiel 11:25Then I spake to them of the captivity all the words of Jehovah which he had showed me.
Joel 2:25And I will restore to you the years Which the swarming-locust hath eaten, The licking-locust, the consuming-locust, and the gnawing-locusts, My great army, which I sent among you.
Amos 7:4The Lord Jehovah also showed me this vision: Behold, the Lord Jehovah commanded the fire to execute judgment; And it devoured the great deep, And it devoured the fields.
Amos 8:1The Lord Jehovah showed me this vision: Behold a basket of ripe fruits!
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 →