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Yahweh repented concerning this: this also shall not be, says the Lord Yahweh.
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Prayer Can Shape History
Commentators emphasize that God relented from this judgment in direct response to Amos's prayer. One scholar suggests that major historical events, which seem driven by human politics, can be the hidden result of a believer's prayer years earlier. This reveals prayer as a powerful force that can influence the course of nations, even when the connection isn't immediately visible.
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Amos
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Just as our Lord repeated the same words in the Garden, so Amos interceded with God with words, all but one the same, and with the same plea: that …
19th Century
Anglican
Instead of “forgive,” the prophet now only ventures to say “cease,” a cry for arrest of judgment. Yet the same plea for pity is urged as before. Je…
Baptist
This time, the prophet saw the fire devouring the land—perhaps the fire of war, which casts its blazing firebrand upon peaceful dwellings. This fir…
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16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet shows that God had not only once spared the people, but that when He was again prepared for vengeance, He still willingly deferred it, …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Lord repented for this He heard the prophet's prayer, and desisted from going on with the threatened destruction…
God bears long, but he will not always bear with a provoking people. The remembrance of the mercies we formerly received, like the produce of the e…
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