Amos 7:4
Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and lo, the Lord Jehovah is calling to contend by fire, and it consumeth the great deep, yea, it hath consumed the portion, and I say:
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3Jehovah hath repented of this, 'It shall not be,' said Jehovah.
5'Lord Jehovah, cease, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise — for he [is] small?'
Cross References
Leviticus 10:2and fire goeth out from before Jehovah, and consumeth them, and they die before Jehovah.
Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, And it burneth unto Sheol — the lowest, And consumeth earth and its increase, And setteth on fire foundations of mountains.
Isaiah 66:15For, lo, Jehovah in fire cometh, And as a hurricane His chariots, To refresh in fury His anger, And His rebuke in flames of fire.
Jeremiah 21:12O house of David, thus said Jehovah: Decide ye judgment at morning, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, Lest My fury go forth as fire, And hath burned, and none is quenching, Because of the evil of your doings.
Joel 2:30And I have given wonders in the heavens, and in the earth, Blood and fire, and columns of smoke.
Amos 1:7And I have sent a fire against the wall of Gaza, And it hath consumed her palaces;
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 →