Amos 7:7

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

Key Reflection

In Amos 7:7, when the prophet sees a vision of a locust swarm devouring Israel but pleads with God to relent, God initially agrees. However, this act of mercy is not just about sparing a nation; it symbolizes God's willingness to turn away from judgment and show compassion, illustrating His sovereign grace and the potential for repentance even in dire circumstances.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Stood upon -(Rather “over” “a wall” made by “a plumbline;” lit. “a wall of a plumbline,” that is, (as our’s has it) “made” straight, perpendicular, “by” it. The wall had been “made by a lead” or “plumbline;” by it, that is, according to it, it should e destroyed. God had made it upright, He had given to it an undeviating rule of right, He had watched over it, to keep it, as He made it. Now “He stood over it,” fixed in His purpose, to destroy it. He marked its inequalities. Yet this too in judgment. He destroys it by that same rule of right wherewith He had built it.

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