Amos 7:3
“The Lord repented for this. It shall not be, saith the Lord.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
Viewing the original 1611 KJV with archaic English spelling.
Click to switch to the Standard KJV.
Amos 7:3 Context
1Thus hath the Lord God shewed vnto me, and behold, he formed grassehoppers in the beginning of the shooting vp of the latter grouth: and loe, it was the latter grouth after the kings mowings. 2And it came to passe, that when they had made an ende of eating the grasse of the land, then I said; O Lord God, forgiue, I beseech thee, by whom shal Iacob arise? for he is small. 3The Lord repented for this. It shall not be, saith the Lord. 4¶ Thus hath the Lord God shewed vnto me; and behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it deuoured the great deepe, and did eate vp a part. 5Then said I, O Lord God , cease, I beseech thee, by whom shal Iacob arise? for he is small.
Share This Verse:
The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
- King James Version
The LORD changed His mind about this. "It shall not be, said the LORD."
- New American Standard Version (1995)