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Amos 7:1 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Amos 7:1 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Amos chapter 7 verse 1 to related passages throughout the Bible.
Visions of Judgment
“Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. grasshoppers: or, green worms”
Amos 7:1 (KJV)
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Commentary on Amos 7:1
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me (koh hir'ani Adonai YHWH, כֹּה הִרְאַנִי אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה)—this introduces the first of five symbolic visions (7:1-9, 8:1-3, 9:1-4) revealing God's intentions toward Israel. The phrase "showed me" (hir'ani, from רָאָה ra'ah, "to see") indicates prophetic vision—God visually reveals His purposes to Amos, who then reports them.He formed grasshoppers (yotzer govai, יוֹצֵר גֹּבַי)—the verb yatsar (יָצַר, "formed/fashioned") is used of God creating Adam (Genesis 2:7) and forming Israel (Isaiah 43:1, 44:2, 21). Here God "forms" or "creates" a locust swarm (govai, ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Amos 7:1
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“the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left”
“a basket of summer fruit.”
“And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.”
“There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off”
“I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased”
“the great locust”
“and behold”
“the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line”
“Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left.”
“Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me.”