Amos 7:5

5 Then I said, "LORD God, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!"

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 The LORD relented concerning this: "It won't take place,"

4 says the LORD. This is what the LORD God showed me: The LORD God was calling for judgment with fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up part of the land.

5 Then I said, "LORD God, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!"

6 The LORD relented concerning this: "This also won't take place,"

7 says the LORD God. This is what the LORD showed me: The LORD was standing by a wall, with a plumb line in his hand.