Amos 7:5
“Then said I, O Lord God , cease, I beseech thee, by whom shal Iacob arise? for he is small.”
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Amos 7:5 Context
3The Lord repented for this. It shall not be, saith the Lord. 4¶ Thus hath the Lord God shewed vnto me; and behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it deuoured the great deepe, and did eate vp a part. 5Then said I, O Lord God , cease, I beseech thee, by whom shal Iacob arise? for he is small. 6The Lord repented for this. This also shall not bee, saith the Lord God. 7¶ Thus hee shewed mee, and behold, the Lord stood vpon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
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Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small.
- King James Version
Then I said, "Lord GOD, please stop! How can Jacob stand, for he is small?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)