New American Standard Bible 1995

Amos 7:1-6

1Thus the Lord 1God showed me, and behold, He was forming a 2locust-swarm 3when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king’s 4mowing. 2And it came about, 5when it had 6finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said, “7Lord God, please pardon! 8How can Jacob stand, For he is 9small?”3The Lord 10 11changed His mind about this. “It shall not be,” said the Lord.

4Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, the Lord God was calling to contend with them by 12fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the 13farm land. 5Then I said, “14Lord God, please stop! 15How can Jacob stand, for he is small?”6The Lord 16 17changed His mind about this. “This too shall not be,” said the Lord God.

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Notes

1. Amos 7:1 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch ↩
2. Amos 7:1 Joel 1:4; Amos 4:9; Nah 3:15 ↩
3. Amos 7:1 Lit at the beginning of the coming up of ↩
4. Amos 7:1 Or shearings ↩
5. Amos 7:2 Lit if ↩
6. Amos 7:2 Ex 10:15 ↩
7. Amos 7:2 Jer 14:7, 20, 21; Ezek 9:8; 11:13 ↩
8. Amos 7:2 Lit As who ↩
9. Amos 7:2 Is 37:4; Jer 42:2 ↩
10. Amos 7:3 Or relented ↩
11. Amos 7:3 Deut 32:36; Jer 26:19; Hos 11:8; Amos 5:15; Jon 3:10 ↩
12. Amos 7:4 Deut 32:22; Is 66:15, 16; Amos 2:5 ↩
13. Amos 7:4 Lit portion ↩
14. Amos 7:5 Ps 85:4; Joel 2:17 ↩
15. Amos 7:5 Amos 7:2 ↩
16. Amos 7:6 Or relented ↩
17. Amos 7:6 Ps 106:45; Amos 7:3; Jon 3:10 ↩

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