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Amos 7:4 KJV
Amos · chapter 7 · verse 4
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.Amos 7:4 · King James Version
Amos 7:4 in context
2And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
3The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
4Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
5Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
6The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- devouredʼâkalto eatH398 →
- contendrîybproperly, to tossH7378 →
- shewedrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- greatrababundantH7227 →
- LordʼĂdônâythe LordH136 →
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We here see that God bears long, but that he will not bear always, with a provoking people, both these God here showed the prophet: Thus hath the Lord God showed me, Amo 7:1, Amo 7:4, Amo 7:7.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9