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Commentary for Amos 7:4

כֹּ֤ה הִרְאַ֙נִי֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֥ה קֹרֵ֛א לָרִ֥ב בָּאֵ֖שׁ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה וַתֹּ֙אכַל֙ אֶת־תְּה֣וֹם רַבָּ֔ה וְאָכְלָ֖ה אֶת־הַחֵֽלֶק׃

Thus the Lord GOD showed me; and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.

Rashi on Amos

showed me—another retribution to bring upon them.
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Rashi on Amos

and behold... calls—His household to contend with them by the retribution of the kindling of fire.
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Rashi on Amos

the field Heb. הַחֵלֶק, the parcel of land.
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