Amos 7:6

Amos 7:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord God.
• New International Version (NIV)So the Lord relented. “This will not happen either,” the Sovereign Lord said.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord relented concerning this: "This also shall not be," said the Lord God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the Lord relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.

Context of Amos 7:6

4This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land. 5Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?” So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD. 7This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand. 8“Amos, what do you see?” asked the LORD. “A plumb line,” I replied. “Behold,” said the Lord, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them:

Amos 7:6 word by word

נִחַ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה עַל־זֹ֑את גַּם־הִיא֙ לֹ֣א תִֽהְיֶ֔ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

• So the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• relentedנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: relentH5162
• fromעַל‛al · uponH5921
• thisזֹאתzô'th · thisH2063
• Itהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• will notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• happenהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• eitherגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• GODיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069

Cross-references for Amos 7:6

• 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 moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.
• Judges 10:16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
• Psalms 90:13Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
• Psalms 135:14For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.
• Jeremiah 26:19Did 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!”
• 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. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.

Commentaries on Amos 7:6

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-6The Lord changed his decision twice after Amos prayed on behalf of the people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-9Am. 7:1-9. The seventh, eighth, and ninth chapters contain Visions, with Their Explanations. The seventh chapter consists of two parts. First (Am 7:1-9): Prophecies Illustrated by Three Symbols: (1) A vision of grasshoppers or young locusts, which devour the grass, but are removed at Amos' entreaty; (2) Fire drying up even the deep, and withering part of the land, but removed at Amos' entreaty; (3) A plumb-line to mark the buildings for destruction…Read the comment

Topics related to Amos 7:6

• Intercession
• Repentance

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Commentaries on Amos 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings