Amos 7 · Verse 3

Amos 7:3

The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord.
Amos 7:3, King James Version

Amos 7:3 in other translations

BSBSo the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.
WEBThe LORD relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says the LORD.
ASVJehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith Jehovah.
YLTJehovah hath repented of this, ‘It shall not be,' said Jehovah.
DARBYJehovah repented for this: It shall not be, said Jehovah.
BBEThe Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, It will not be.
WebsterThe LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

What does Amos 7:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. repented for this--that is, of this. The change was not in the mind of God (Nu 2:19; Jas 1:17), but in the effect outwardly. God unchangeably does what is just; it is just that He should hear intercessory prayer (Jas 5:16-18), as it would have been just for Him to have let judgment take its course at once on the guilty nation, but for the prayer of one or two righteous men in it (compare Ge 18:23-33; 1Sa 15:11; Jr 42:10). The repentance of the sinner, and God's regard to His own attributes of mercy and covenanted love, also cause God outwardly to deal with him as if he repented (Jon 3:10), whereas the change in outward dealing is in strictest harmony with God's own unchangeableness. It shall not be--Israel's utter overthrow now. Pul was influenced by God to accept money and withdraw from Israel.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 The Lord repented - Changed his purpose of destroying them by the locusts. See Amo 7:6.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Amos 7:1-9

God bears long, but he will not bear always with a provoking people. The remembrance of the mercies we formerly received, like the produce of the earth of the former growth, should make us submissive to the will of God, when we meet with disappointments in the latter growth. The Lord has many ways of humbling a sinful nation. Whatever trouble we are under, we should be most earnest with God for the forgiveness of…

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Amos 7:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

נִחַ֥םni.Chamhe relentedH5162
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
עַל\־'al-onH5921
זֹ֑אתZotthisH2063
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
תִהְיֶ֖הtih.Yehit will beH1961
אָמַ֥ר'a.Marhe saidH559
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Amos 7:3

  • Deuteronomy 32:36

    For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.

  • Jonah 3:10

    And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

  • Hosea 11:8

    How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

  • Psalms 106:45

    And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

  • Amos 7:6

    The Lord repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord God.

  • Joel 2:14

    Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God?

  • James 5:16

    Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

  • Jeremiah 26:19

    Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the Lord, and besought the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:15

    And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
6; De 32:36; 1Ch 21:15; Ps 106:45; Ho 11:8; Joe 2:14; Jon 3:10
Jas 5:16

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Context

  • Amos 7:2

    And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

  • Amos 7:3

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

  • Amos 7:4

    Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

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Amos 7:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Arrepintióse Jehová de esto: No será, dijo Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’ Éternel se repentit de cela: cela ne sera pas, dit l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jehova ließ sich dieses gereuen: es soll nicht geschehen, sprach Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Misertus est Dominus super hoc: Non erit, dixit Dominus.