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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So the LORD relented from this plan. “I will not do it,” he said.
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Then the Sovereign LORD showed me another vision. I saw him preparing to punish his people with a great fire. The fire had burned up the depths of the sea and was devouring the entire land.
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Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, please stop or we will not survive, for Israel is so small.”
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Then the LORD relented from this plan, too. “I will not do that either,” said the Sovereign LORD .
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Then he showed me another vision. I saw the Lord standing beside a wall that had been built using a plumb line. He was using a plumb line to see if it was still straight.