Amos 7:5

5 Then I said, “O Lord God, please cease! ¹How can Jacob stand? 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 shall not be, ” said the Lord.

4 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.

5 Then I said, “O Lord God, please cease! How can Jacob stand? He is so small! ”

6 The Lord relented concerning this: “This also shall not be, ” said the Lord God.

7 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.

Cross References

• 1. 7:5 [See ver. 2 above]