Amos 7:4

New International Reader's Version

The Lord and King gave me a second vision. He was using fire to punish his people. It dried up the deep waters. It burned the land up.

Cross References

Isaiah 27:4

I am not angry with my vineyard. I wish thorns and bushes would come up in it. Then I would march out against them in battle. I would set all of them on fire.

Jeremiah 21:12

Here is what the Lord says to you who belong to David’s royal house. “ ‘ “Every morning do what is right and fair. Save those who have been robbed. Set them free from the people who have treated them badly. If you do not, my anger will blaze out against you. It will burn like fire because of the evil things you have done. No one will be able to put it out.

Jeremiah 4:4

People of Judah and you who live in Jerusalem, obey me. Do not let your hearts be stubborn. If you do, my anger will blaze out against you. It will burn like fire because of the evil things you have done. No one will be able to put it out.

Ezekiel 21:3

Tell them, ‘The Lord says, “I am against you. I will pull out my sword. I will remove from you godly people and sinful people alike.

Joel 1:19

Lord, I call out to you. Fire has burned up the desert grasslands. Flames have destroyed all the trees in the fields.

Joel 2:30

I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth. There will be blood and fire and clouds of smoke.

Leviticus 10:2

So the Lord sent fire on them. It burned them up. They died in front of the Lord.

Amos 1:4

So I will send fire to destroy the palace of King Hazael. It will burn up the forts of his son Ben-Hadad.

Amos 1:7

So I will send fire to destroy the walls of Gaza. It will burn up its forts.

Amos 2:5

So I will send fire to destroy Judah. It will burn up Jerusalem’s forts.”

Amos 4:11

“I destroyed some of you, just as I did Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick that was pulled out of the fire. In spite of that, you still have not returned to me,” announces the Lord.

Amos 5:6

Israel, look to the Lord and live. If you don’t, he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire. It will burn everything up. And Bethel won’t have anyone to put it out.

Amos 7:1

The Lord and King gave me a vision. He was bringing large numbers of locusts on the land. The king’s share had already been harvested. Now the later crops were coming up.

Amos 7:7

Then the Lord gave me a third vision. He was standing by a wall. It had been built very straight, all the way up and down. He was holding a plumb line.

Micah 1:4

The mountains will melt under him like wax near a fire. The valleys will be broken apart by water rushing down a slope.

Nahum 1:6

Who can stand firm when his anger burns? Who can live when he is angry? His anger blazes out like fire. He smashes the rocks to pieces.

Numbers 16:35

Then the Lord sent down fire. It burned up the 250 men offering the incense.

Deuteronomy 32:22

My anger will start a fire. It will burn all the way down to the kingdom of the dead. It will eat up the earth and its crops. It will set the base of the mountains on fire.

Hebrews 1:7

Here is something else God says about the angels. “God makes his angels to be like spirits. He makes those who serve him to be like flashes of lightning.” (Psalm 104:4)

Revelation 4:1

After this I looked, and there in front of me was a door standing open in heaven. I heard the voice I had heard before. It sounded like a trumpet. The voice said, “Come up here. I will show you what must happen after this.”