New American Standard Bible 2020
Amos 7:5
Amos 7:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
- New International Version (NIV)Then I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then I said, "O Lord God, please cease! How can Jacob stand? He is so small!"
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then I said: “O Lord God, cease, I pray! Oh, that Jacob may stand, For he is small!”
Context of Amos 7:5
3The Lord relented of this. “It shall not be,” said the Lord. 4So the Lord God showed me, and behold, the Lord God was calling to contend with them by fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the farmland. Then I said, “Lord God, please stop! How can Jacob stand? For he is small.” 6The Lord relented of this. “This too shall not be,” said the Lord God. 7So He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand.
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וָאֹמַ֗ר אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ חֲדַל־נָ֔א מִ֥י יָק֖וּם יַעֲקֹ֑ב כִּ֥י קָטֹ֖ן הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Amos 7:5
- Amos 7:2And 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.”
- Psalms 85:4Restore us, God of our salvation, And cause Your indignation toward us to cease.
- Isaiah 10:25For in a very little while My indignation against you will be ended and My anger will be directed toward their destruction.”
- Isaiah 1:9If the Lord of armies Had not left us a few survivors, We would be like Sodom, We would be like Gomorrah.
- Jeremiah 30:19From them will come a song of thanksgiving And the voices of those who celebrate; And I will multiply them and they will not decrease; I will honor them and they will not be insignificant.
Commentaries on Amos 7:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5As our Lord repeated the same words in the Garden, so Amos interceded with God with words, all but one, the same, and with the same plea, that, if God did not help, Israel was indeed helpless. Yet a second time God spared Israel. To human sight, what so strange and unexpected, as that the Assyrian and his army, having utterly destroyed the kingdom of Damascus, and carried away its people, and having devoured, like fire, more than half of Israel, rolled…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-6The Lord changed his decision twice after Amos prayed on behalf of the people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-9Am. 7:1-9. The seventh, eighth, and ninth chapters contain Visions, with Their Explanations. The seventh chapter consists of two parts. First (Am 7:1-9): Prophecies Illustrated by Three Symbols: (1) A vision of grasshoppers or young locusts, which devour the grass, but are removed at Amos' entreaty; (2) Fire drying up even the deep, and withering part of the land, but removed at Amos' entreaty; (3) A plumb-line to mark the buildings for destruction…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Amos 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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