Amos 7:1-2

Warning Through Visions

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1} Thus the Lord ^(a)God showed me, and behold, He was forming a ^(A)locust-swarm ^(b)when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king’s ^(c)mowing. ^{Tools
2} And it came about, ^(d)when it had ^(B)finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said,

“^(C)Lord God, please pardon!
^(e)How can Jacob stand,
For he is ^(D)small?”

Footnotes:

a. Amos 7:1: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord, ', and so throughout the ch']

b. Amos 7:1: ['Lit ', at the beginning of the coming up of]

c. Amos 7:1: ['Or ', shearings]

d. Amos 7:2: ['Lit ', if]

e. Amos 7:2: ['Lit ', As who]

Cross references:

A. Amos 7:1: Joel 1:4; Amos 4:9; Nahum 3:15

B. Amos 7:2: Exodus 10:15

C. Amos 7:2: Jeremiah 14:7; Jeremiah 14:20; Jeremiah 14:21; Ezekiel 9:8; Ezekiel 11:13

D. Amos 7:2: Isaiah 37:4; Jeremiah 42:2