Amos 7:3

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“So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.”

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BSBPD

“So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Jehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith Jehovah.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Jehovah hath repented of this, `It shall not be,' said Jehovah.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Amos 7:3 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 32:14So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  4. Psalms 78:38And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.
  5. Psalms 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
  6. 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 bring great harm on ourselves!”
  7. Jeremiah 42:10‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.
  8. 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!
  9. Joel 2:14Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him— grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.
  10. Amos 7:6So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.

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