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Amos 7:6

Mercy and compassion

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.

5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

7 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:

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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 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.

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  • Amos 7:3

    The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

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  • Judges 10:16

    And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

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  • Jonah 4:2

    And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

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  • Psalms 135:14

    For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.

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  • Jonah 3:10

    And 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.

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  • Judges 2:18

    And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

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  • Psalms 90:13

    Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

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