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Amos 7:4

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Amos 7:4 — Meaning and Application

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King James Version

" 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. "

Amos 7:4

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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.

The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

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.

Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

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From This Chapter

Amos 7:1

"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."

Amos 7:2

"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."

Amos 7:3

"The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD."

Amos 7:5

"Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small."

Amos 7:6

"The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD."

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