Amos 7:5

5 Then said I, "O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee! By whom shall Jacob arise? 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 concerning this. "It shall not be," saith the LORD.

4 Thus hath the Lord GOD shown unto me: And behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep and ate up a part.

5 Then said I, "O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee! By whom shall Jacob arise? For he is small."

6 The LORD repented concerning this. "This also shall not be," saith the Lord GOD.

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