Amos 7:3

The Lord repented for this— The Lord changed his purpose concerning this matter. Houbigant. See Amos 7:6.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord repented for this - God is said to “repent, to have strong compassion upon” or “over” evil, which He has either inflicted Deuteronomy 3...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

The LORD (c) repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. (c) That is, stopped this plague at my prayer.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Vision of the Locusts. On one occasion the prophet saw ( Amos 7:1 ) and behold, Yahweh formed locusts at the beginning of the coming up of the...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

The LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. repented. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6 Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 32:36 ). App-92. C...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1193 GOD’S CONDESCENSION TO PRAYER Amos 7:2-3 . Then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he i...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. The Lord repented - Changed his purpose of destroying them by the locusts. See Amos 7:6...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. The Lord repented for this - i:e., OF this. The Lord, after the awful visitation...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Three Visions and an Interruption 1-9. The visions. 10-17 . The interruption. There are two senses in which the word 'Vision' may be used of on...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Lord repented. — The judgment is withheld. On the anthropomorphism of Jehovah repenting, comp. Genesis 6:5 and other passages.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

5. THE PROPHET AND HIS MINISTRY Amos 7:1-17 - Amos 8:1-4 We have seen the preparation of the Man for the Word; we have sought to trace to its...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Herdsman's Message Amos 7:1-17 The king's mowings were the earliest yield of the grasslands, which were exacted by him. Our King also has...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this division the prophet gave a fivefold vision of judgment, introduced in the first four cases by the words, "The Lord God showed me." The last...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Prophet is here preaching by figure, in vision perhaps it might be; and by a multitude of grasshoppers, he points out the certain ruin of the cou...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The Lord repented for this ,.... He heard the prayer of the prophet, and at his intercession averted, the threatened judgment; thus the effectual fe...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. Ver. 3. The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord] Here was mutatio...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 use...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Intercession for Israel; Ruin of Israel Foretold. B. C. 785....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Lord repented; this, spoke after the manner of man, is to be understood as becomes the immutability and omniscience of God; what a man when he...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The First Vision - The Locust Swarm ( Amos 7:1-3 ). In this vision ‘the Lord YHWH' showed Amos the forming of a huge swarm of locusts which devour...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Four Visions ( Amos 7:1 to Amos 8:14 ). In a similar way to the seven judgments in Amos 1:2 to Amos 2:5 , followed by the expanded judgme...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . ] Showed ] three visions in this ch. Locusts ( Amos 7:1-3 ) the first; “all inward tuitions produced by the Spirit of God, which...
Scofield Reference Notes

repented ( See Scofield) - ( Zechariah 8:14 ).
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Amos 7:1-3 . Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; a...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 7:1 . He formed grasshoppers, which are the same as the locusts. After the king's mowings. It is supposed that the first grass, or the prou...
The Biblical Illustrator

O Lord, forgive, I beseech Thee. .. The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord. Intercession for pardon prevailing I. Concerni...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-ch. 9:10 Part III . FIVE VISIONS , WITH EXPLANATIONS , CONTINUING AND CONFIRMING THE PREVIOUS PROPHECY ....
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Visions of the Grasshoppers, of the Fire, and of the Plumb-Line.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord repented for this. It shall not be, saith the Lord, He was willing to spare the people and the land upon the intercession of the' prophet.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 21:15 ; Amos 7:6 ; Deuteronomy 32:36 ; Hosea 11:8 ; James 5:16 ; Joel 2:14 ; Jonah 3:10 ; Psalms 106:45
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Repented — This is spoken after the manner of men.

³ The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

Related Commentaries of Amos 7:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Amos 7:3