Amos 7:6

6 The LORD relented concerning this. "This also shall not be," says the Lord GOD.

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 Thus the Lord GOD showed me and, behold, the Lord GOD called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.

5 Then I said, "Lord GOD, stop, I beg you! How could Ya`akov stand? For he is small."

6 The LORD relented concerning this. "This also shall not be," says the Lord GOD.

7 Thus he showed me and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.

8 The LORD said to me, "`Amos, what do you see?" I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold, I will set a plumb line in the midst of my people Yisra'el. I will not again pass by them any more.