Amos 7:4
The 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.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3Jehovah repented of this; It shall not be, said Jehovah.
5Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, desist, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob stand? For he is small!
Cross References
Isaiah 66:15For behold, Jehovah cometh with fire, Like a whirlwind are his chariots, To breathe forth his anger in a glowing heat, And his rebuke in flames of fire.
Jeremiah 21:12O house of David! Thus saith Jehovah: Administer justice in season, and deliver him that is spoiled from the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings!
Joel 2:30And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth; Blood and fire, and pillars of smoke.
Amos 1:7But I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, Which shall devour her palaces.
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 →