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Yahweh [a](A)relented concerning this.
“It shall not be,” said Yahweh.

Thus Lord Yahweh showed me, and behold, Lord Yahweh was calling to contend with them by (B)fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the [b]farm land. Then I said,

(C)Lord Yahweh, please stop!
[c](D)How can Jacob rise up, for he is small?”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 7:3 Or regretted
  2. Amos 7:4 Lit portion
  3. Amos 7:5 Lit Who

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

Thus 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.

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

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