Amos 7:6
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New International Version (©2011)
So the LORD relented. "This will not happen either," the Sovereign LORD said.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then the LORD relented from this plan, too. "I will not do that either," said the Sovereign LORD.

English Standard Version (©2001)
The LORD relented concerning this: “This also shall not be,” said the Lord GOD.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The LORD changed His mind about this. "This too shall not be," said the Lord GOD.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The LORD relented concerning this. "This will not happen either," said the Lord GOD.

International Standard Version (©2012)
So the LORD relented from this. "This will not happen, either," said the Lord GOD.

NET Bible (©2006)
The LORD decided not to do this. The sovereign LORD said, "This will not happen either."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The LORD changed his plans about this. "This won't happen either," the Almighty LORD said.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
The LORD relented concerning this: This also shall not be, says the Lord GOD.

American King James Version
The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord GOD.

American Standard Version
Jehovah repented concerning this: this also shall not be, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord had pity upon this. Yea this also shall not be, said the Lord God.

Darby Bible Translation
Jehovah repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord Jehovah.

English Revised Version
The LORD repented concerning this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

World English Bible
Yahweh relented concerning this. "This also shall not be," says the Lord Yahweh.

Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah hath repented of this, 'It also shall not be,' said the Lord Jehovah.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

7:1-9 God bears long, but he will not bear always with a provoking people. The remembrance of the mercies we formerly received, like the produce of the earth of the former growth, should make us submissive to the will of God, when we meet with disappointments in the latter growth. The Lord has many ways of humbling a sinful nation. Whatever trouble we are under, we should be most earnest with God for the forgiveness of sin. Sin will soon make a great people small. What will become of Israel, if the hand that should raise him be stretched out against him? See the power of prayer. See what a blessing praying people are to a land. See how ready, how swift God is to show mercy; how he waits to be gracious. Israel was a wall, a strong wall, which God himself reared as a defence to his sanctuary. The Lord now seems to stand upon this wall. He measures it; it appears to be a bowing, bulging wall. Thus God would bring the people of Israel to the trial, would discover their wickedness; and the time will come, when those who have been spared often, shall be spared no longer. But the Lord still calls Israel his people. The repeated prayer and success of the prophet should lead us to seek the Saviour.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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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The Locusts, Fire, and Plumbline
…5Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. 6The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord GOD. 7Thus he showed me: and, behold, the LORD stood on a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. …

Genesis 6:7 So the LORD said, "I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created--and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground--for I regret that I have made them."
Psalm 90:13 Relent, LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants.
Psalm 106:45 for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.
Jeremiah 42:10 If you stay in this land, I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I have relented concerning the disaster I have inflicted on you.
Joel 2:13 Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.
Amos 7:3 So the LORD relented. "This will not happen," the LORD said.
Amos 7:7 This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb line in his hand.
Jonah 3:10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened.