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Amos 7:6
So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord GOD responds to Amos after the prophet’s second vision, immediately following Amos 7:5’s plea to halt judgment so Jacob might survive. The speaker is Yahweh addressing the prophetic intercession directly.
The words — נִחַם (niḥam) literally means “he relented” or “he turned back.” The phrase לֹא תִהְיֶה (lo tihyeh) translates as “it will not be,” confirming the suspension of the announced destruction.
The thread — The text records God’s withdrawal of judgment in Amos 7:6, which parallels Judges 10:16 where God ceases to bear Israel’s misery after repentance. The pattern of divine response to pleading also appears in Psalms 90:13 and Judges 2:18.
Why it lands — The verse states plainly that the announced destruction will not occur after intercession. It requires the reader to acknowledge that prophetic declarations of judgment function conditionally upon divine response to repentance and prayer.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The Lord repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord God.
Cross-references
- Judges 2:18 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 who oppressed them and afflicted them.
- Judges 10:16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
- Psalms 90:13 Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
- Psalms 135:14 For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.
- Jeremiah 26:19 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 bring great harm on ourselves!”
- Amos 7:3 So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.
- Jonah 3:10 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.
- Jonah 4:2 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 anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.