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The Lord changed his plans about this. “This won’t happen,” the Lord said.

The Lord Threatens to Bring a Drought by Fire

This is what the Almighty Lord showed me: The Almighty Lord was calling for judgment by fire. The fire dried up the ocean and burned up the land. Then I said, “Almighty Lord, please stop! How can ⌞the descendants of⌟ Jacob survive? There are so few of them.”

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So the Lord relented.(A)

“This will not happen,” the Lord said.(B)

This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: The Sovereign Lord was calling for judgment by fire;(C) it dried up the great deep and devoured(D) the land. Then I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!(E)

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