Amos 7:3-5
New English Translation
3 The Lord decided not to do this.[a] “It will not happen,” the Lord said.
4 The Sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw[b] the Sovereign Lord summoning a shower of fire.[c] It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields. 5 I said,
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- Amos 7:3 tn Or “changed his mind about this.”
- Amos 7:4 tn Heb “behold” or “look.”
- Amos 7:4 tc The Hebrew appears to read, “summoning to contend with fire,” or “summoning fire to contend,” but both are problematic syntactically (H. W. Wolff, Joel and Amos [Hermeneia], 292; S. M. Paul, Amos [Hermeneia], 230-31). Many emend the text to לרבב אשׁ, “(calling) for a shower of fire,” though this interpretation is also problematic (see F. I. Andersen and D. N. Freedman, Amos [AB], 746-47).
- Amos 7:5 tn Heb “stand.”
- Amos 7:5 tn Heb “small.”
Amos 7:3-5
New King James Version
3 So (A)the Lord relented concerning this.
“It shall not be,” said the Lord.
Vision of the Fire
4 Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, the Lord God called [a]for conflict by fire, and it consumed the great deep and devoured the [b]territory. 5 Then I said:
“O Lord God, cease, I pray!
(B)Oh, that Jacob may stand,
For he is small!”
Amos 7:3-5
King James Version
3 The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord.
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.
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Amos 7:3-5
Good News Translation
3 The Lord changed his mind and said, “What you saw will not take place.”
A Vision of Fire
4 I had another vision from the Sovereign Lord. In it I saw him preparing to punish his people with fire. The fire burned up the great ocean under the earth and started to burn up the land. 5 Then I said, “Stop, O Sovereign Lord! How can your people survive? They are so small and weak!”
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