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).
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Jehovah repented for this: It shall not be, said Jehovah.
4
Thus did the Lord Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and ate up the inheritance.
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Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
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Jehovah repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord Jehovah.
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Thus did he shew unto me; and behold, the Lord stood upon a wall [made] by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.