Revised Literal Translation
Amos 7:6
6Yhwh repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord Yhwh.
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
4Thus hath the Lord Yhwh shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord Yhwh called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. 5Then said I, O Lord Yhwh, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. Yhwh repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord Yhwh. 7Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. 8And Yhwh said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:
Read all of Amos 7Amos 7:6 word by word
נִחַ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה עַל־זֹ֑את גַּם־הִיא֙ לֹ֣א תִֽהְיֶ֔ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ סRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Amos 7:6
- Judges 2:18And when Yhwh raised them up judges, Then Yhwh was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented Yhwh because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
- Judges 10:16And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served Yhwh: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
- Psalms 90:13Return, O Yhwh, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
- Psalms 135:14For Yhwh will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.
- Jeremiah 26:19Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear Yhwh, and besought Yhwh, And Yhwh repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
- Jonah 4:2And he prayed unto Yhwh, and said, I pray thee, O Yhwh, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
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
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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
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