Amos Chapter 7 verse 3 Holy Bible
Jehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith Jehovah.
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The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, It will not be.
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Jehovah repented for this: It shall not be, said Jehovah.
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The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
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Yahweh relented concerning this. "It shall not be," says Yahweh.
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Jehovah hath repented of this, `It shall not be,' said Jehovah.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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 ver. 6 has Μετανόησον Κύριε ἐπὶ τούτῳ καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ ἔσται λέγει Κύριος, "Repent, O Lord, for this; and this shall not be, saith the Lord." Hence some early commentators gathered that the prophet's intercession was rejected; but the words do not necessarily bear that sense (see St. Cyril Alex. and Theodoret, in loc.). It shall not be. This respite refers to the retreat of the Assyrians under Pul, the usurping monarch who assumed the name of Tiglath-Pileser II. (2 Kings 15:17, etc.). Some commentators consider the judgment to be literally plague of locusts; but this is not probable.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) The Lord repented.--The judgment is withheld. On the anthropomorphism of Jehovah repenting, comp. Genesis 6:5 and other passages.
