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Amos 7:4 Cross-References
Explore 19 cross-references for Amos 7:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Amos chapter 7 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Amos 7:4 (KJV)
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Commentary on Amos 7:4
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire (כֹּה הִרְאַנִי אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה וְהִנֵּה קֹרֵא לָרִב בָּאֵשׁ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה)—the second vision begins with the same formula as the first (verse 1), emphasizing continuity in divine revelation. The phrase "called to contend by fire" (qore lariv ba'esh, קֹרֵא לָרִב בָּאֵשׁ) uses legal terminology: riv (רִיב, "contend/bring lawsuit") appears frequently in covenant lawsuit contexts where God prosecutes Israel for breach of covenant (Hosea 4:1, Micah 6:2). Here God "calls" or "summons" fire as His instrument o...
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Cross-References for Amos 7:4
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“he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and behold”
“behold”
“thus says Yahweh”
“but if I should find briers and thorns”
“and take away the foreskins of your heart”
“and the first voice that I heard”
“Burns to the lowest Sheol”
“and devoured them”
“and the rocks are broken apart by him.”
“and the valleys split apart”