Amos 7:5
וָאֹמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה חֲדַל ־ נָא מִי יָקוּם יַעֲקֹב כִּי קָטֹן הֽוּא ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
6נִחַם יְהוָה עַל ־ זֹאת גַּם ־ הִיא לֹא תִֽהְיֶה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִֽה ׃ ס
Cross References
Psalms 85:4אָסַפְתָּ כָל ־ עֶבְרָתֶךָ הֱשִׁיבוֹתָ מֵחֲרוֹן אַפֶּֽךָ ׃
Isaiah 10:25כִּי ־ עוֹד מְעַט מִזְעָר וְכָלָה זַעַם וְאַפִּי עַל ־ תַּבְלִיתָֽם ׃
Amos 7:2וְהָיָה אִם ־ כִּלָּה לֶֽאֱכוֹל אֶת ־ עֵשֶׂב הָאָרֶץ וָאֹמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה סְֽלַֽח ־ נָא מִי יָקוּם יַֽעֲקֹב כִּי קָטֹן הֽוּא ׃
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 →