Amos 7:5
Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
Berean Standard Bible
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
6So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
Cross References
Psalms 85:4Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.
Isaiah 10:25For in just a little while My fury against you will subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.”
Ezekiel 9:8While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”
Amos 7:2And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
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 →