Amos 7:5

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Amos 7:5

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”

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KJV

King James Version

Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small.

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WEB

World English Bible

Then I said, “Lord GOD, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”

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ASV

American Standard Version

Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Amos 7

³ So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.

⁴ This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.

⁵ Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”

⁶ So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.

⁷ This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.

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