Amos 7:5

“Lord God, forgive, I beg you! How can Jacob survive, for he is so helpless?”

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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

4This is what he showed me: the Lord God was giving command to execute judgment by fire. It burned up the great deep, and had begun to devour the fields, and I said:

6The Lord relented. “This will not happen either,” said the Lord.

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Cross References

Psalms 85:4Restore us, O God our savior, put away your displeasure against us.

Amos 7:2And when they had finished devouring all the land’s vegetation, I said: “Lord God, forgive, I beg you! How can Jacob survive, for he is so helpless?”

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 →

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