Amos 7:5

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And I said, “Lord YHWH, cease, please! How can Jacob arise, for he is small?”

Latin

Et dixi: Domine Deus, quiesce, obsecro; quis suscitabit Jacob, quia parvulus est?

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Amos 7:3–6

The Lord changed his decision twice after Amos prayed on behalf of the people.

Amos 7:1–6

The first two visions create a sense of hopeful expectation. God announces judgment, but he withdraws it after the prophet pleads for the people.

Amos 7:1–9:10

This section contains five visions. It is helpful to compare how these visions develop with the judgments listed earlier in Amos 4:6–11.

The judgments listed there include:

famine,
drought,
destruction of crops,
plagues, and
widespread destruction.

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Change of Mind

Events

Prophecies of Amosc. 788 BC

Related verses

Psalm 85:4
Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.
Amos 7:2–3
And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
Joel 2:17
Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
Jeremiah 30:19
Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.
Isaiah 10:25
For in just a little while My fury against you will subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.”
Isaiah 1:9
Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.

Parallels

Joel 2:1–11

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Apocalyptic Book of Amos Jacob Zechariah, Book of

Topics

Intercession: Additional Instances of Amos, for Israel Visions: To Amos

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