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Amos 7:4

This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.

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ASV

Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.

KJV

Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּ֤הkohthusH3541 →
הִרְאַ֙נִי֙hir.'A.nihe showed meH7200 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהוִ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3069 →
וְהִנֵּ֥הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009 →
קֹרֵ֛אko.Re'[was] callingH7121 →
לָרִ֥בla.Rivfor conducting a caseH7378 →
בָּאֵ֖שׁba.'Eshby <the> fireH784 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהוִ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3069 →
וַתֹּ֙אכַל֙va.To.khaland it consumedH398 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
תְּה֣וֹםte.Hom[the] deepH8415 →
רַבָּ֔הra.BahgreatH7227 →
וְאָכְלָ֖הve.'a.khe.Lahand it consumedH398 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַחֵֽלֶק׃ha.Che.lekthe portion of landH2506 →

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Joel 1:19To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.Isaiah 66:15For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.Isaiah 66:15–16For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.Amos 7:1This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.Job 1:16While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”Joel 2:3Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland—surely nothing will escape them.Amos 8:1This is what the Lord GOD showed me: I saw a basket of summer fruit.Amos 1:4So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael to consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.Revelation 4:1After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”Exodus 9:23–24So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.Amos 1:7So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels.Jeremiah 21:12O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.Jeremiah 4:4Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”Leviticus 10:2So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.Amos 4:11“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.Micah 1:4The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.Joel 2:30I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.Nahum 1:6Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.

About Amos

The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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