Amos 7:5
And I said, “Lord God, cease, I beg you. Who will raise up Jacob, for he is little?”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
In Context
6The Lord has been merciful about this. “And even this will not be,” said the Lord God.
Cross References
Psalms 85:4Give joy to the soul of your servant, for I have lifted up my soul to you, Lord.
Isaiah 10:25But after a little while and a brief time, my indignation will be consumed, and my fury will turn to their wickedness.”
Ezekiel 9:8And when the slaughter was completed, I remained. And I fell upon my face, and crying out, I said: “Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! Will you now destroy the entire remnant of Israel, by pouring out your fury upon Jerusalem?”
Amos 7:2And it happened, when they had finally eaten all the grass in the land, that I said, “Lord God, be gracious, I beg you. Who will raise up Jacob, for he is little?”
Matthew Henry on Amos 7:2-10
Intercession for Israel; Ruin of Israel Foretold. ( b. c. 785.) 1 Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. 2 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord God , forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. 3 The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord . 4 Thus hath… Read the whole commentary →