Amos 7:5
Then said I: 1 O Adonoi Hashem, cease, I beseech thee; 1 how shall Ya'akov survive? For he is katon. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
6Hashem relented for this: 1 This also shall not be, saith Adonoi Hashem.
Cross References
Psalms 85:4Thou hast withdrawn all Thy wrath; 1 Thou hast turned from Thine charon af. 1
Isaiah 10:25For yet a very little while, and the za'am (anger, indignation) shall pass, and Mine wrath turn for their destruction.
Ezekiel 9:8And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried out, and said, Ah, Adonoi Hashem! Wilt Thou destroy kol She'erit Yisroel in Thy pouring out of Thy chemah (wrath, fury) upon Yerushalayim?
Amos 7:2And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the vegetation of ha'aretz, then I said: 1 O Adonoi Hashem, forgive, I beseech thee; 1 how shall Ya'akov survive? For he is katon. 1
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 →