◄ Amos 7:6 {5} ►
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Good News Translation
The LORD changed his mind again and said, "This will not take place either."

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD relented concerning this; “This also shall not be,” said the Lord GOD.

Contemporary English Version
Again the LORD felt sorry and answered, "I won't let it be destroyed."

New American Bible
The LORD relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” said the Lord GOD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I said: O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee, who shall raise up Jacob, for he is a little one?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And I said: O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee, who shall raise up Jacob, for he is a little one?

Judges 2:18 And when the Lord raised them up judges, in their days, he was moved to mercy, and heard the groanings of the afflicted, and delivered them from the slaughter of the oppressors.

Judges 10:16 And saying these things, they cast away out of their coasts all the idols of strange gods, and served the Lord their God: and he was touched with their miseries.

Psalm 90:13 Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants.

Psalm 135:14 For the Lord will judge his people, and will be entreated in favour of his servants.

Jeremiah 26:19 Did Ezechias king of Juda, and all Juda, condemn him to death? did they not fear the Lord, and beseech the face of the Lord: and the Lord repented of the evil that he had spoken against them? therefore we are doing a great evil against our souls.

Jonah 4:2 And Jonah was exceedingly troubled, and was angry:

Context
The Locusts, Fire, and Plumb Line
…5These things the Lord God shewed to me: and behold the Lord called for judgment unto fire, and it devoured the great deep, and ate up a part at the same time. 6And I said: O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee, who shall raise up Jacob, for he is a little one?7The Lord had pity upon this. Yea this also shall not be, said the Lord God.…
Cross References
Genesis 6:7
He said: I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man even to beasts, from the creeping thing even to the fowls of the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them.

Psalm 90:13
Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants.

Psalm 106:45
And he was mindful of his covenant: and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

Jeremiah 42:10
If you will be quiet and remain in this land, I will build you up, and not pull you down: I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for now I am appeased for the evil that I have done to you.

Joel 2:13
And rend your hearts, and not your garments and turn to the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, patient and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil.

Amos 7:3
And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, I said: O Lord God, be merciful, I beseech thee: who shall raise up Jacob, for he is very little?

Amos 7:7
The Lord had pity upon this. Yea this also shall not be, said the Lord God.

Jonah 3:10
Who can tell if God will turn, and forgive: and will turn away from his fierce anger, and we shall not perish?

Amos 7:5
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