Amos 7:4
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.
Context
This verse from Amos Chapter 7 connects to 10 cross-references. Three visions of judgment: locusts consuming the late grain, fire devouring the deep and land, and a plumb line against the wall showing Israel is not plumb. Amaziah the priest confronts Amos and tells him to flee back to Judah …
Andere Übersetzungen
Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.
Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and lo, the Lord Jehovah is calling to contend by fire, and it consumeth the great deep, yea, it hath consumed the portion, and I say:
This is what the Lord let me see: and I saw that the Lord God sent for a great fire to be the instrument of his punishment; and, after burning up the great deep, it was about to put an end to the Lord's heritage.
Querverweise
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And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along …
And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth …
For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord …
For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with …
Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through …
O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out …
Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of …
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.