Amos 7:6

Jehovah repented of this; This also shall not be, said the Lord Jehovah.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

In Context

5Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, desist, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob stand? For he is small!

7He also showed me this vision: Behold, the Lord stood upon a wall, built with a plumb-line, And in his hand was a plumb-line;

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Cross References

Psalms 90:13Desist, O LORD! How long—? Have compassion upon thy servants!

Jeremiah 26:19Did Hezekiah, king of Judah, and all Judah, put him to death? Did he not fear Jehovah, and beseech Jehovah, so that Jehovah repented of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Shall we then bring so great an evil upon ourselves?

Amos 7:3Jehovah repented of this; It shall not be, said Jehovah.

Jonah 4:2And he prayed to Jehovah and said, Ah! Jehovah, was not this what I said, when I was yet in my own country? Therefore I made haste to flee to Tarshish. For I knew that thou art a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in mercy, and that thou repentest of a threatened evil.

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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