Amos 7:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 85:4 : 4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
  • Isa 1:9 : 9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, [and] we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
  • Isa 10:25 : 25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
  • Jer 30:19 : 19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
  • Joel 2:17 : 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where [is] their God?
  • Amos 7:2-3 : 2 And it came to pass, [that] when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small. 3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

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  • Amos 7:1-4
    4 verses
    84%

    1¶ Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, [it was] the latter growth after the king's mowings.

    2And it came to pass, [that] when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small.

    3The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

    4Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

  • 6The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

  • 7Alas! for that day [is] great, so that none [is] like it: it [is] even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

  • 6Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I [am] a child.

  • 7O [thou that art] named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? [are] these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

  • 8And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?

  • 1¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • 8¶ How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? [how] shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? [how] shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

  • 1¶ Hear ye this word which I take up against you, [even] a lamentation, O house of Israel.

  • 49Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

  • 27¶ Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

  • 8Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD [are] upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.

  • 7¶ And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

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    13And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?

    14¶ Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • 7Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

  • 30And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

  • 7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

  • 16Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not [thy word] against the house of Isaac.

  • 6Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour [it], and [there be] none to quench [it] in Bethel.

  • 13Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,

  • 20[Are] not my days few? cease [then, and] let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

  • 11Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • 15For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, [and] despised among men.

  • 5For the transgression of Jacob [is] all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What [is] the transgression of Jacob? [is it] not Samaria? and what [are] the high places of Judah? [are they] not Jerusalem?

  • 7For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.

  • 8¶ O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

  • 5Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 22Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.

  • 4¶ Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?

  • 1¶ And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • 11Wherefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish [thee]; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.

  • 5And the Lord GOD of hosts [is] he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as [by] the flood of Egypt.

  • 19And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And [is] this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?

  • 5The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,

  • 4Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

  • 15¶ Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • 1¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • 23And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

  • 9And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;

  • 15Behold, they say unto me, Where [is] the word of the LORD? let it come now.

  • 22A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.

  • 19O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

  • 3For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out [by] a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth [by] an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

  • 11Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

  • 3Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

  • 20Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, [and] children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?