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Amos 7:3

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The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
Amos 7:3 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Yahweh relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says Yahweh.
  • BSB So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.
  • 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 shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
  • Jonah 3:10And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
  • Hos 11:8How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
  • Joel 2:14Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
  • Amos 7:6The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
  • Ps 106:45And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
  • Jas 5:16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
  • Jer 26:19Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
  • 1 Chr 21:15And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor 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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