Amos 7:6

6 ADONAI changed his mind about it. "This too won't happen," said Adonai ELOHIM.

Amos 7:6 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 7:6

The Lord repented for this
He heard the prophet's prayer, and desisted from going on with the threatened destruction: this also shall not be, saith the Lord God;
the whole land shall not be destroyed, only a part of it carried captive.

Amos 7:6 In-Context

4 Next Adonai ELOHIM showed me this: Adonai ELOHIM was summoning a blazing fire to consume the great abyss, and it would have devoured the land too.

5 But I said, "Adonai ELOHIM, stop - please! How will tiny Ya'akov survive?"

6 ADONAI changed his mind about it. "This too won't happen," said Adonai ELOHIM.

7 Then he showed me this: Adonai was standing by a wall made with a plumbline, and he had a plumbline in his hand.

8 ADONAI asked me, "'Amos, what do you see?" I answered, "A plumbline." Then Adonai said, "I am going to put a plumbline in among my people Isra'el; I will never again overlook their offenses.