Amos 7:5 “Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he…”

Amos 7:5

Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

World English Bible

Then I said, “Lord GOD, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”

American Standard Version

Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseeche thee: who shall raise vp Iaakob? for he is small.

Darby Translation

Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

Young's Literal Translation

'Lord Jehovah, cease, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise — for he [is] small?'

Bible in Basic English

Then said I, O Lord God, let there be an end: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.

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Cross references

“cease”

Psalm 85:4 Isaiah 10:25 Amos 7:2

Psalm 85:4 · BSB

Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.

Isaiah 10:25 · BSB

For in just a little while My fury against you will subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.”

Amos 7:2 · BSB

And 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?”

“for”

Isaiah 1:9 Jeremiah 30:19 Amos 7:3

Isaiah 1:9 · BSB

Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 30:19 · BSB

Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.

Amos 7:3 · BSB

So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.

Also

Joel 2:17

Joel 2:17 · BSB

Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.

6So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.

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