Amos 7:3
Verse 3 of 17. The 7th of 9 chapters in Amos, in The Minor Prophets.
1Thus 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.
2And 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.
3The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord.
4Thus 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.
5Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
6The Lord repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord God.
7Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
Amos 7:3 in the World English Bible
The LORD relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says the LORD.Read Amos 7:3 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Amos 7:3
God graciously lets fall his controversy, in answer to the prophet's prayer, once and again (v. 3): The Lord repented for this. He did not change his mind, for he is one mind and who can turn him? But he changed his way, took another course, and determined to deal in mercy and not in wrath. He said, It shall not be. And again (v. 6), This also shall not be.
Read Matthew Henry on Amos 7:1–9: Intercession for Israel; Ruin of Israel Foretold. (b. c. 785.)
Pray Amos 7:3 with someone reading it aloud.
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