1The Sovereign Lord showed me a vision. I saw him preparing to send a vast swarm of locusts over the land. This was after the king’s share had been harvested from the fields and as the main crop was coming up.
Amos 7 marks a dramatic pivot in the book, shifting from oracles of judgment to a series of five visions that reveal the Lord's sovereign patience and the prophet's intercessory role. The chapter opens with two visions of locusts and fire, each averted by Amos's prayer. Then a th
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