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Amos 7:4 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land. "

Amos 7:4

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2 When they finished eating the grass of the land, then I said, “Lord GOD, forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”

3 The LORD relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says the LORD.

4 Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.

5 Then I said, “Lord GOD, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”

6 The LORD relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord GOD.

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"Therefore the Lord, GOD of Armies, will send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory a burning will be kindled like the burning of fire."

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"LORD, I cry to you, for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field."

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Isaiah 66:15-16

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Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY) and Bible Guided Semantic Search

From This Chapter

Amos 7:1

"Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s harvest."

Amos 7:2

"When they finished eating the grass of the land, then I said, “Lord GOD, forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”"

Amos 7:3

"The LORD relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says the LORD."

Amos 7:5

"Then I said, “Lord GOD, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”"

Amos 7:6

"The LORD relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord GOD."

Amos 7:7

"Thus he showed me: behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand."

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