Amos 7:4
“¶ 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.”
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Amos 7:4 Context
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. 6The Lord repented for this. This also shall not bee, saith the Lord God.
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Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
- King James Version
Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, the Lord GOD was calling to contend {with them} by fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the farm land.
- New American Standard Version (1995)