Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee From destroying the land; suffer not this calamity to proceed any further; using the same argument as before: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small; (See Gill on Amos 7:2).
3
The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, It will not be.
4
This is what the Lord let me see: and I saw that the Lord God sent for a great fire to be the instrument of his punishment; and, after burning up the great deep, it was about to put an end to the Lord's heritage.
5
Then said I, O Lord God, let there be an end: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.
6
The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, And this will not be.
7
This is what he let me see: and I saw the Lord stationed by a wall made straight by a weighted line, and he had a weighted line in his hand.
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