Amos 7:5

5 Then I said: "O Lord God, cease, I pray! Oh, that Jacob may stand, 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 So the Lord relented concerning this. "It shall not be," said the Lord.

4 Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, the Lord God called for conflict by fire, and it consumed the great deep and devoured the territory.

5 Then I said: "O Lord God, cease, I pray! Oh, that Jacob may stand, For he is small!"

6 So the Lord relented concerning this. "This also shall not be," said the Lord God.

7 Thus He showed me: Behold, the Lord stood on a wall made with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand.