Amos 7:5

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I said,“Sovereign LORD, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!”

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 85:4 : 4 Restore us, O God our deliverer! Do not be displeased with us!
  • Isa 1:9 : 9 If the LORD of Heaven’s Armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly been like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.
  • Isa 10:25 : 25 For very soon my fury will subside, and my anger will be directed toward their destruction.”
  • Jer 30:19 : 19 Out of those places you will hear songs of thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter and merriment. I will increase their number and they will not dwindle away. I will bring them honor and they will no longer be despised.
  • Joel 2:17 : 17 Let the priests, those who serve the LORD, weep from the vestibule all the way back to the altar. Let them say,“Have pity, O LORD, on your people; please do not turn over your inheritance to be mocked, to become a proverb among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples,“Where is their God?”
  • Amos 7:2-3 : 2 When they had completely consumed the earth’s vegetation, I said,“Sovereign LORD, forgive Israel! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!” 3 The LORD decided not to do this.“It will not happen,” the LORD said.

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