Amos 7:5

5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee; who shall raise up Jacob? for he is 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 repented of this; It shall not be, said the LORD.

4 Afterward the Lord GOD showed me this: And, behold, the Lord GOD called to judge by fire, and it devoured the great deep and ate up the inheritance.

5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee; who shall raise up Jacob? for he is small.

6 The LORD repented of this: This also shall not be, said the Lord GOD.

7 Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.