Amos 7:3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 7:1-9

We here see that God bears long, but that he will not bear always, with a provoking people, both these God here showed the prophet: Thus hath the Lord God showed me, Amos 7:1, 4, 7. He showed him what was present, foreshowed him what was to come, gave him the knowledge both of what he did and of what he designed; for the Lord God reveals his secret unto his servants the prophets, Amos 3:7. I. We have here two instances of God's sparing mercy, remembered in the midst of judgment, the narratives... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 7:3

The Lord repented for this ,.... He heard the prayer of the prophet, and at his intercession averted, the threatened judgment; thus the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much, James 5:16 ; this is spoken after the manner of men; as men, when they repent of a thing, desist from it, so the Lord desisted from going on with this judgment; he did not change his mind, but changed the dispensations of his providence according to his mind and will: it shall not be, saith the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:3

The Lord repented - Changed his purpose of destroying them by the locusts. See Amos 7:6 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:1-3

§ 1. The first vision, of locusts, represents Israel as a field eaten down to the ground, but shooting up afresh, and its utter destruction postponed at the prophet's prayer. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:1-3

The vision of devouring locusts. The prophet is appropriately called a seer. He sees clear and he sees far. Not only has Amos foresight of what is coming; he has insight into what, in certain circumstances, would have come. He is taken as it were behind the scenes, and made a witness of the forging of Heaven's thunderbolts, to be laid up for use as occasion may require. In this case he is cognizant by spiritual intuition of the preparation of judicial measures which, as circumstances turn... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:1-6

Revelation and prayer. "Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me," etc. This portion of the Book of Amos ( Amos 7:1-17 and Amos 8:1-14 ) contains four symbolical visions respecting successive judgments that were to be inflicted on the kingdom of Israel. They were delivered at Bethel, and in all probability at the commencement of the prophet's ministry. Each of them, as it follows in the series, is more severe than the preceding. The first presented to the mental eye of the prophet a swarm... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:3

Repented for this; or, concerning this destruction. The punishment was conditioned by man's behaviour or other considerations. Here the prophet's intercession abates the full infliction of the penalty (compare analogous expressions, Deuteronomy 32:36 ; 1 Samuel 15:11 ; 2 Samuel 24:16 ; Jeremiah 18:8 ; Jeremiah 42:10 ; Jonah 3:10 , where see note). Amos may have had in memory the passage in Joel 2:13 . The LXX . here and in Joel 2:6 has ΄ετανόησον κύριε ἐπὶ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:3

The repentance of Jehovah. Whatever it was of which the Lord is here said to have repented, the meaning, the lesson, is the same. The plague of locusts, the incursion of the foe, was stayed, and it was stayed in consequence of the prophet's intercession, and because of the pity and loving kindness of Jehovah. I. NO CHANGE IS ASSERTED IN THE CHARACTER , THE GOVERNMENT , THE WILL , OF THE ETERNAL . In this sense the Lord is not a man that he should repent.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 7:3

The Lord repented for this - God is said to “repent, to have strong compassion upon” or “over” evil, which He has either inflicted Deuteronomy 32:36; 1 Chronicles 21:15, or has said that He would inflict Exodus 32:12; Joel 2:13; Jonah 3:10; Jeremiah 18:8, and which, upon repentance or prayer, He suspends or checks. Here, Amos does not intercede until after the judgment had been, in part, inflicted. He prayed, when in vision the locust “had made an end of eating the grass of the land,” and when... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 7:2-3

Amos 7:2-3. When they had made an end of eating the grass With us grasshoppers are not hurtful, but those in our text were locusts, as the word גבי , here used, is rendered, Isaiah 33:4: in which sense the word is understood by the Vulgate and Houbigant: see also Nab. 3:17. By whom shall Jacob arise? Or, who shall raise up Jacob; for he is small? If thou suffer these calamities to proceed to extremities, by what means shall the small remains of the riches and strength of the kingdom... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 7:1-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 7:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 7:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 7:2-3

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