Amos 7:5

And I said, Lord God, I beseech, rest thou; who shall raise Jacob, for he is little? (And I said, Lord God, I beseech thee, rest thou; for who shall raise up Jacob, for he is so small? or for they be so weak?)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

4The Lord God showed to me these things; and lo! the Lord God shall call doom to fire, and it shall devour much depth of water, and it ate (al)together a part. (The Lord God showed me these things; and behold! the Lord God called for judgement by fire, and it devoured a great depth of water, and it ate a part of it.)

6The Lord had mercy on this thing; But also and this thing shall not be, said the Lord God. (The Lord had mercy on this thing; And also this shall not be, said the Lord God.)

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Cross References

Psalms 85:4God, our health, convert thou us; and turn away thine ire from us. (God, our salvation, bring thou us back, or God, our deliverance, turn back to us; and turn away thy anger from us.)

Isaiah 10:25For why yet a little, and a little, and mine indignation and my strong vengeance shall be ended on the great trespass of them.

Ezekiel 9:8And lo! when the slaying was [ful] filled, I was left (alone). And I fell down on my face, and I cried, and said, Alas! alas! alas! Lord God, therefore whether thou shalt lose all the remnants of Israel, and shalt shed out thy strong vengeance on Jerusalem? (And behold! when the killing was finished, I was left alone. And I fell down on my face, and I cried, and said, Alas! alas! alas! Lord God, and so shalt thou destroy all the remnants of Israel, and shalt thou pour out thy strong vengeance upon Jerusalem?)

Amos 7:2And it was done, when he had ended for to eat the herb of (the) earth, I said, Lord God, I beseech, be thou merciful; who shall raise Jacob, for he is little? (And it was done, when the locusts had finished eating the herbs of the earth, I said, Lord God, I beseech thee, be thou merciful; who shall raise up Jacob, for he is so small? or for they be so weak?)

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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