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Amos 7:4

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showed: Amos 7:1, Amos 7:7; Revelation 4:1

called: This is supposed to denote the invasion of Tiglathpileser, which threatened entire destruction. Amos 1:4, Amos 1:7, Amos 4:11, Amos 5:6; Exodus 9:23-24; Leviticus 10:2; Numbers 16:35; Isaiah 27:4, Isaiah 66:15-16; Jeremiah 4:4, Jeremiah 21:12; Joel 2:30; Micah 1:4; Nahum 1:6; Hebrews 1:7

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