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Amos 7:6

Mercy and compassion

4 This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.

5 Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”

So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.

7 This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.

8 “Amos, what do you see?” asked the LORD. “A plumb line,” I replied. “Behold,” said the Lord, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them:

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BSB
So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
KJV
The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
WEB
The LORD relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord GOD.
ASV
Jehovah repented concerning this: this also shall not be, saith the Lord Jehovah.
DARBY
Jehovah repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord Jehovah.
BLB
YHWH relented concerning this: “It also will not come to pass,” said the Lord YHWH.
ÅB
Da angret Herren det. Heller ikke det skal skje, sa Herren, Israels Gud.
OTB
Herren ombestemte seg om dette. “Dette skal heller ikke skje,” sa Herren Gud.
B1930
Da angret Herren det. Heller ikke det skal skje, sa Herren, Israels Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 26:19

    Did 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!”

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  • Amos 7:3

    So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.

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  • Judges 10:16

    So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.

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  • Jonah 4:2

    So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.

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  • Psalms 135:14

    For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.

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  • Jonah 3:10

    When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.

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  • Judges 2:18

    Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.

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  • Psalms 90:13

    Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.

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