Amos 7:1
Thus hath the Lord GOD shown to 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.
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Exodus 10:12And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
Jeremiah 1:11Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Jeremiah, What seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond-tree.
Ezekiel 11:25Then I spoke to them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shown me.
Joel 2:25And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you.
Amos 7:4Thus hath the Lord GOD shown to me: and behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
Amos 8:1Thus hath the Lord GOD shown to me: and behold 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 →