So the Lord [a]repented for this. It shall not be, saith the Lord.

¶ Thus also hath the Lord God showed unto me, and behold, the Lord God called to judgment by fire, [b]and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: who shall raise up Jacob? for he is small.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 7:3 That is, stayed this plague at my prayer.
  2. Amos 7:4 Meaning, that God’s indignation was inflamed against the stubbornness of this people.

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