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Amos 7:4

World English Bible

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

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Amos 7:4 in other translations

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.

Amos 7:4 · American Standard Version

Amos 7:4 in context

  1. 2When they finished eating the grass of the land, then I said, “Lord Yahweh, forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
  2. 3Yahweh relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says Yahweh.
  3. 4Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me and behold, the Lord Yahweh called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.
  4. 5Then I said, “Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
  5. 6Yahweh relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord Yahweh.