Amos 7:6

6 The LORD repented concerning this. "This also shall not be," saith 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 hath the Lord GOD shown unto me: And behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep and ate up a part.

5 Then said I, "O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee! By whom shall Jacob arise? For he is small."

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

7 Thus He showed me: And behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand.

8 And the LORD said unto me, "Amos, what seest thou?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then said the Lord, "Behold, I will set a plumb line in the midst of My people Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.