Amos 7:3

The Lord relented. This will not happen,” said the Lord.

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In The King James Version

The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

In Context

2And when they had finished devouring all the land’s vegetation, I said: “Lord God, forgive, I beg you! How can Jacob survive, for he is so helpless?”

4This is what he showed me: the Lord God was giving command to execute judgment by fire. It burned up the great deep, and had begun to devour the fields, and I said:

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Cross References

Psalms 78:38But he is full of pity: he pardons sin and destroys not. Often he turns his anger away, without stirring his wrath at all.

Hosea 11:8How can I give you up, Ephraim! Give you over, Israel! How am I to give you up as Admah! Make you like Zeboim! My heart asserts itself, my sympathies are all aglow.

Amos 7:6The Lord relented. “This will not happen either,” said the Lord.

James 5:16Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be cured. Great is the power of a good person’s fervent prayer.

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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