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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The LORD relented concerning this: "It shall not be," said the LORD.
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This is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD was calling for a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land.
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Then I said, "O Lord GOD, please cease! How can Jacob stand? He is so small!"
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The LORD relented concerning this: "This also shall not be," said the Lord GOD.
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This is what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.