Amos 7:6 “So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said…”

Amos 7:6

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

World English Bible

The LORD relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord GOD.

American Standard Version

Jehovah repented concerning this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

So the Lord repented for this. This also shall not be, saith the Lord God.

Darby Translation

Jehovah repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.”

Judges 2:18 Judges 10:16 Psalm 90:13 Psalm 135:14 Jeremiah 26:19 Jonah 4:2

Judges 2:18 · BSB

Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those…

Judges 10:16 · BSB

So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.

Psalm 90:13 · BSB

Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.

Psalm 135:14 · BSB

For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.

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…

Jonah 4:2 · BSB

So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to an…

Also

Amos 7:3 Jonah 3:10

Amos 7:3 · BSB

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

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.

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

In context

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

7This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.

Read Amos 7