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Amos 7:5

Israel
Prayer

3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

4 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

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

6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

7 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

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BSB
Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
KJV
Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
WEB
Then I said, “Lord GOD, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
ASV
Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
DARBY
Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
BLB
And I said, “Lord YHWH, cease, please! How can Jacob arise, for he [is] small?”
ÅB
Da sa jeg: Herre, Israels Gud, hold opp! Hvordan skal Jakob kunne bli i live, han som er så liten?
OTB
Da bønnfalt jeg: “Herre Gud, stans! Hvordan kan Jakob holde ut? Han er så liten!”
B1930
Da sa jeg: Herre, Israels Gud, hold op! Hvorledes skal Jakob kunne bli i live, han som er så liten?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 85:4

    Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

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  • Amos 7:2–3

    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.

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  • Joel 2:17

    Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

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  • Isaiah 10:25

    For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.

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  • Jeremiah 30:19

    And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

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  • Isaiah 1:9

    Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

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