Amos 7:5

5 Then I cried out, “Sovereign LORD, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!”

Amos 7:5 in Other Translations

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

5 Then I said, "O Lord GOD, please cease! How can Jacob stand? He is so small!"

5 Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, please stop or we will not survive, for Israel is so small.”

5 I said, "God, my Master! Hold it - please! What's going to come of Jacob? He's so small."

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

5 Then I said, "Almighty LORD, please stop! How can [the descendants of] Jacob survive? There are so few of them."

5 Then I said, "Lord God , please stop! How will Jacob survive since he is so small?"

5 Then I cried out, "LORD and King, please stop! How can Jacob's people continue? They are such a weak nation!"

Amos 7:5 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 7:5

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).

Amos 7:5 In-Context

3 So the LORD relented. “This will not happen,” the LORD said.

4 This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: The Sovereign LORD was calling for judgment by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured the land.

5 Then I cried out, “Sovereign LORD, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!”

6 So the LORD relented. “This will not happen either,” the Sovereign LORD said.

7 This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb line in his hand.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 1-2; Joel 2:17