Amos 7:4

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.

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KJV

King James Version

¶ 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.

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WEB

World English Bible

Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Amos 7

² And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”

³ So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.

⁴ This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.

⁵ Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”

⁶ So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.

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