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Amos 7:3

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So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.
Amos 7:3 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Yahweh relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says Yahweh.
  • KJV The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
  • NKJV So the Lord relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” said the Lord.
  • NASB The Lord relented of this. “It shall not be,” said the Lord.
  • NLT So the Lord relented from this plan. “I will not do it,” he said.

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Quick answer

In response to Amos's plea, God relents and declares the locust judgment will not happen. God's mercy answers the prophet's intercession.

Overview

God's 'relenting' shows his genuine responsiveness to prayer while remaining unchanging in character; he is moved to mercy without ceasing to be just. The threatened destruction is withheld, displaying his compassion. This pattern of intercession leading to mercy points to the gospel, where Christ's intercession secures lasting forgiveness for his people.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 9

  • Deut 32:36For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
  • Jonah 3:10When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
  • Hos 11:8How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!
  • Joel 2:14Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.
  • Amos 7:6So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
  • Ps 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
  • Jas 5:16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
  • Jer 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!”
  • 1 Chr 21:15Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (2)
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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Amos videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

  • CommentaryClassic commentaries for this verseBibleHub (20+ works) · Pastoral · Free

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on AmosMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

Amid judgment on injustice, Amos promises the raising up of David's fallen tent — read by James in Acts 15 as the ingathering of the nations into the kingdom of the risen Christ.

How Amos 7:3 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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The LORDיְהֹוָהrepentedנָחַםfor this: It shall not be, saithאָמַרthe LORDיְהֹוָה
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