Amos 7:3

Translations

Modern

So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.

Traditional

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

Literal

YHWH relented concerning this: “It will not come to pass,” said YHWH.

Latin

Misertus est Dominus super hoc: Non erit, dixit Dominus.

Original

Hebrew

English

So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.

Notes

Amos 7:3–6

The Lord changed his decision twice after Amos prayed on behalf of the people.

Amos 7:1–6

The first two visions create a sense of hopeful expectation. God announces judgment, but he withdraws it after the prophet pleads for the people.

Amos 7:1–9:10

This section contains five visions. It is helpful to compare how these visions develop with the judgments listed earlier in Amos 4:6–11.

The judgments listed there include:

famine,
drought,
destruction of crops,
plagues, and
widespread destruction.

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Change of Mind

Events

Prophecies of Amosc. 788 BC

Related verses

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.
Jonah 3:10
When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
Hosea 11:8
How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!
Amos 7:6
So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
Joel 2:14
Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.
Psalm 106:45
And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
Jeremiah 26:19
Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”
1 Chronicles 21:15
Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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