Amos 7:3-6
Summary for Amos 7:3-6: 7:3-6 a The Lord relented twice in response to Amos’s intercession.7:4 b This fire symbolizes oppressive heat and drought.
• depths of the sea: Although the Hebrew word properly indicates the sea, Amos probably did not suppose that the Mediterranean would disappear. More likely, this is a poetic reference to large bodies of fresh water (such as the Kinnereth Sea/Sea of Galilee) that Israel could use to irrigate its fields.
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