Amos 7:5 Parallel Translations

Then I said, "Almighty LORD, please stop! How can the descendants of Jacob survive? There are so few of them."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

Then said I, O Lord God, let there be an end: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.

DBY:

Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

ERV:

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

JPS:

Then said I: O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech Thee; how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

Lord Jehovah, cease, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise -- for he is small?'

Amos 7:5 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 85:4 Restore us, O God of our salvation, And cause Your indignation toward us to cease.

Joel 2:17 Let the priests, the LORD'S ministers, Weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, "Spare Your people, O LORD, And do not make Your inheritance a reproach, A byword among the nations. Why should they among the peoples say, 'Where is their God?'"

Amos 7:2 And it came about, when it had finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said, "Lord GOD, please pardon! How can Jacob stand, For he is small?" (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

7:1-9 God bears long, but he will not bear always with a provoking people. The remembrance of the mercies we formerly received, like the produce of the earth of the former growth, should make us submissive to the will of God, when we meet with disappointments in the latter growth. The Lord has many ways of humbling a sinful nation. Whatever trouble we are under, we should be most earnest with God for the forgiveness of sin. Sin will soon make a great people small. What will become of Israel, if the hand that should raise him be stretched out against him? See the power of prayer. See what a blessing praying people are to a land. See how ready, how swift God is to show mercy; how he waits to be gracious. Israel was a wall, a strong wall, which God himself reared as a defence to his sanctuary. The Lord now seems to stand upon this wall. He measures it; it appears to be a bowing, bulging wall. Thus God would bring the people of Israel to the trial, would discover their wickedness; and the time will come, when those who have been spared often, shall be spared no longer. But the Lord still calls Israel his people. The repeated prayer and success of the prophet should lead us to seek the Saviour.

CONC:

Able Arise Beg Beseech Cease Jacob O Please Sovereign Stand Stop Survive

Able Arise Beg Beseech Cease Cried End Jacob Please Small Sovereign Stand Stop Survive

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