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The Locusts, Fire, and Plumb Line

Amos 7:3

In 11 translations

BSB
So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.
KJV
The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
WEB
Yahweh relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says Yahweh.
ASV
Jehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith Jehovah.
LSV
YHWH has relented of this, “It will not be,” said YHWH.
YLT
Jehovah hath repented of this, 'It shall not be,' said Jehovah.
DBY
Jehovah repented for this: It shall not be, said Jehovah.
DRC
The Lord had pity upon this: It shall not be, said the Lord.
GNV
So the Lord repented for this. It shall not be, saith the Lord.
JPS
The LORD repented concerning this; 'It shall not be', saith the LORD.
LXXE
Repent, O Lord, for this. And this shall not be, saith the Lord.

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Original-language editions

WLC
נִחַ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה עַל־זֹ֑את לֹ֥א תִהְיֶ֖ה אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Μετανόησον Κύριε ἐπὶ τούτῳ. Καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ ἔσται, λέγει Κύριος.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 32:36For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
  • Jonah 3:10When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
  • Hosea 11:8How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!
  • Amos 7:6So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
  • Joel 2:14Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him— grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.
  • Psalms 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
  • James 5:16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
  • Jeremiah 26:19Did 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…
  • 1 Chronicles 21:15Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At…

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