Amos 4:7

Contemporary English Version 1995

Three months before harvest, I kept back the rain. Sometimes I would let it fall on one town or field but not on another, and pastures dried up.

Cross References

Jeremiah 3:3

So I, the Lord, refused to let the spring rains fall. But just like a prostitute, you still have no shame for what you have done.

Exodus 9:26

Only Goshen, where the Israelites lived, was safe from the storm.

Isaiah 5:6

It will turn into a desert, neither pruned nor hoed; it will be covered with thorns and briars. I will command the clouds not to send rain.

James 5:17

Elijah was just as human as we are, and for three and a half years his prayers kept the rain from falling.

Joel 2:23

People of Zion, celebrate in honor of the Lord your God! He is generous and has sent the autumn and spring rains in the proper seasons.

Exodus 10:23

During that time, the Egyptians could not see each other or leave their homes, but there was light where the Israelites lived.

Exodus 9:4

But the Lord will protect the animals that belong to the people of Israel, and none of theirs will die.

Revelation 11:6

They have the power to lock up the sky and to keep rain from falling while they are prophesying. And whenever they want to, they can turn water to blood and cause all kinds of terrible troubles on earth.

John 4:35

You may say there are still four months until harvest time. But I tell you to look, and you will see that the fields are ripe and ready to harvest.

Zechariah 14:17

No rain will fall on the land of anyone in any country who refuses to go to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord All-Powerful.

Jeremiah 14:22

Idols can't send rain, and showers don't fall by themselves. Only you control the rain, so we put our trust in you, the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 14:4

There has been no rain, and farmers feel sick as they watch cracks appear in the dry ground.

Deuteronomy 11:17

the Lord will become angry and keep the rain from falling. Nothing will grow in your fields, and you will die and disappear from the good land that the Lord is giving you.

Exodus 8:22

“The Lord's people in Goshen won't be bothered by flies, but your people in the rest of the country will be tormented by them. That's how you will know that the Lord is here in Egypt. This miracle will happen tomorrow.”

1 Corinthians 4:7

What is so special about you? What do you have that you were not given? And if it was given to you, how can you brag?

Exodus 10:22

Moses stretched his arm toward the sky, and Egypt was covered with darkness for three days.

Jeremiah 14:3

Rulers send their servants to the storage pits for water. But there's none to be found; they return in despair with their jars still empty.