Amos 7:6
in Amos 7So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Jehovah repented concerning this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord Jehovah.
KJV
The Lord repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord God.
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This verse in Amos 7
Commentary
5 notes on this verse(Vers. 4 seqq.) This the Lord God showed me, and behold, the Lord God called for judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and will consume it together with a portion. And I said: O Lord God, please cease; who will raise up Jacob since he is small? The Lord had mercy on this also, but even this shall not be, said the Lord God. LXX: Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, He called for judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and consumed a portion.
This site's exposition
calling for judgment by fire
on Amos 7:4-6
The second vision moves from crop to cosmos, a fire that "consumed the great deep." Amos repeats his plea, asking "How will Jacob survive" a second time, and the LORD relents again. Mercy has now been stretched twice, and the third vision brings no plea and no reprieve.
This site's exposition
It will not happen either
The fire stops as the locusts did, and the Lord gives the same answer with one word added. Albert Barnes observes that God spared Israel a second time on the prophet's plea alone. The pattern ends in verse 8, where the Lord says He will no longer spare them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The Lord repented for this,.... He heard the prophet's prayer, and desisted from going on with the threatened destruction: this also shall not be, saith the Lord God; the whole land shall not be destroyed, only a part of it carried captive.
The caterpillars were countermanded, were remanded; a stop was put to the progress of the fire, and thus a reprieve was granted. See the power of prayer, of effectual fervent prayer, and how much it avails, what great things it prevails for. A stop has many a time been put to a judgment by making supplication to the Judge.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נִחַ֥ם | nicham | he relented | H5162 → | |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| זֹ֑את | zot | this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| הִיא֙ | hi' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תִֽהְיֶ֔ה | tihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| אָמַ֖ר | ʾamar | he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֥י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִֽה׃ ס | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
נִחַ֥םhe relented
nichamH5162 →
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
זֹ֑אתthis
zotH2063 →603 times
גַּם־also
gam-H1571 →769 times
הִיא֙it
hi'H1931 →1879 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תִֽהְיֶ֔הit will be
tihyehH1961 →3559 times
אָמַ֖רhe said
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
אֲדֹנָ֥י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִֽה׃ סYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jonah 4:2So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish.…
it leads to
- Psalms 86:15
But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
- Exodus 34:6–7
Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
- Numbers 14:18–19
‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon…
- Joel 2:13–14
So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
- Psalms 145:8
The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.
- Psalms 86:15
Through
Jonah 3:10When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 18:8
But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.
- Exodus 32:14
So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 18:8
Through
Judges 2:18Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:36
For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 32:36
Where this verse is studied
About Amos
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Amos; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.