Amos 7:1
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| Overview - Amos 7 | |
| 1 | The judgments of the grasshoppers, |
| 4 | and of the fire are diverted by the prayer of Amos. |
| 7 | By the wall of a plumbline is signified the rejection of Israel. |
| 10 | Amaziah complains of Amos. |
| 14 | Amos shews his calling; |
| 16 | and Amaziah's judgment. |
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Amos 7:1 (King James Version)
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
- shewed
- Amos 7:4 Amos 7:7 ; 8:1 Jeremiah 1:11-16 ; 24:1 Ezekiel 11:25 ; Zechariah 1:20
- he
- 4:9 Exodus 10:12-16 ; Isaiah 33:4 ; Joel 1:4 ; 2:25 Nahum 3:15-17
- grasshoppers
- or, green worms.
- {Govai,} in Arabic {gabee,} "locusts," probably in their caterpillar state, in which they are most destructive. This is supposed to have been an emblem of the first invasion of the Assyrians.
- mowings
- make no hay. This was probably in the month of March, which is the only time of the year that the Arabs to this day feed their horses with grass.