Amos 7:1
This is what the Lord Yahweh showed me. Look, he formed a locust swarm when the spring crop began to come up, and, look, it was the late crop after the king's harvest.
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Exodus 10:12Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Reach out with your hand over the land of Egypt to the locusts, that they may attack the land of Egypt and eat every plant in it, everything that the hail has left.”
Jeremiah 1:11The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “I see an almond branch.”
Ezekiel 11:25Then I declared to the exiles all the things of Yahweh that I had seen.
Joel 2:25“I will restore to you the years of crops that the swarming locust has eaten 1 —the great locust, the devouring locust, and the destroying locust— 1 my mighty army that I sent among you. 1
Amos 7:4This is what the Lord Yahweh showed me: Look, the Lord Yahweh called on fire to judge. It dried the vast, deep water under the earth and would have devoured the land, also.
Amos 8:1This is what the Lord Yahweh showed me. Look, a basket of summer fruit!
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 →