Yahweh relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord Yahweh.
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Yahweh relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord Yahweh.
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The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
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The LORD repented concerning this; 'This also shall not be', saith the Lord GOD.
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Passages linked to Amos 7:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 2:18 When Yahweh raised up judges for them, then Yahweh was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it grieved Yahweh because of their groaning by reason of those who oppressed them and troubled them.
- Judges 10:16 They put away the foreign gods from among them and served Yahweh; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
- Psalms 90:13 Relent, Yahweh! How long? Have compassion on your servants!
- Psalms 135:14 For Yahweh will judge his people and have compassion on his servants.
- Jeremiah 26:19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Didn’t he fear Yahweh, and entreat the favor of Yahweh, and Yahweh relented of the disaster which he had pronounced against them? We would commit great evil against our own souls that way!”
- Amos 7:3 Yahweh relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says Yahweh.
- Jonah 3:10 God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.
- Jonah 4:2 He prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please, Yahweh, wasn’t this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain He adds, that God was again pacified. We must…
He adds, that God was again pacified. We must ever bear in mind the object he had in view; for ungodly men thought the Prophets to be liars, whenever God did not immediately execute the vengeance he had denounced: but Amos here reminds them, that when God defers punishment, he does not in vain threaten, but waits for men to repent; and that if they still go on in abusing his patience, they will have at last to feel how dreadful is the vengeance which awaits all those who thus pervert the goodness of God, who hear not God inviting them so kindly to himself. This is the meaning. It follows —
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Amo 7:6 The LORD repented for this: This also…
Amo 7:6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
Ver. 6. The Lord repented for this] As he is gracious, Exo 22:27, and quickly repenteth him of the evil, Joe 2:13. Redire nos, non perire desiderat (Chrysologus). "I said, I would scatter them into corners," &c., Deu 32:26-27. Mercy could not behold such strange wrath and cruelty and not weep herself even sick, as it were.
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This also shall not be, saith the Lord] So ready is he to yield himself overcome by the suits of his servants, Flectitur iratus voce rogante Deus. See Amo 7:3.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain These two verses are almost word for word the…
These two verses are almost word for word the same with Amo 7:2,3, which see.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The Lord repented for this,.... He heard the prophet's…
The Lord repented for this,.... He heard the prophet's prayer, and desisted from going on with the threatened destruction:
this also shall not be, saith the Lord God; the whole land shall not be destroyed, only a part of it carried captive.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain The. Septuagint, as ver. 3. (Haydock) --- We read…
The. Septuagint, as ver. 3. (Haydock) --- We read not of locusts being sent, ver. 1. But fire of war certainly raged before the final catastrophe of Jehu’s family, when Sellum slew Zacharias, 4 Kings xv. 8. (Calmet)
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