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Amos 7:5

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

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Amos 7:5 in other translations

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

Amos 7:5 · World English Bible

Amos 7:5 in context

  1. 3Jehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith Jehovah.
  2. 4Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.
  3. 5Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
  4. 6Jehovah repented concerning this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord Jehovah.
  5. 7Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.