Amos 7:4
Here, My Lord, Yahweh gave me to see, and lo! My Lord Yahweh proclaiming that, the controversy should be settled by fire,—which, having devoured the mighty roaring deep, should devour the inheritance.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
3Grieved was Yahweh, over this,—It shall not be, said Yahweh?
Cross References
Leviticus 10:2Then came there forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed them,—and they died before Yahweh.
Deuteronomy 32:22For, a fire, is kindled in mine anger, And shall burn as far as hades beneath,—And consume the earth with her produce, And set ablaze the foundations of the mountains:
Isaiah 66:15For lo! Yahweh, with fire, doth come, And like a storm-wind, [are] his chariots,—To render with fury, his anger, And his rebuke with flames of fire.
Jeremiah 21:12O house of David! Thus, saith Yahweh, Administer justice betimes, And deliver the robbed out of the hand of the oppressor,—Lest mine indignation come forth like fire And burn and there be none to quench it, Because of the wickedness of your doings:
Joel 2:30And I will set forth wonders in the heavens, and in the earth,—blood, and fire, and columns of smoke:
Amos 1:7Therefore will I send a fire upon the wall of Gaza,—which shall devour the palaces thereof;
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 →