Amos 7:3 “So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.”

Amos 7:3

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

World English Bible

The LORD relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says the LORD.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

So the Lord repented for this. It shall not be, saith the Lord.

Darby Translation

Jehovah repented for this: It shall not be, said Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, It will not be.

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Cross references

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

Deuteronomy 32:36 Jonah 3:10 Hosea 11:8 Amos 7:6 Psalm 106:45 Joel 2:14

Deuteronomy 32:36 · BSB

For 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 3:10 · BSB

When 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 11:8 · BSB

How 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 7:6 · BSB

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

Psalm 106:45 · BSB

And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

Joel 2:14 · BSB

Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him— grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.

Also

Jeremiah 26:19

Jeremiah 26:19 · BSB

Did 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 brin…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2And 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?”

4This 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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