The Lord [a](A)changed His mind about this.
“It shall not be,” said the Lord.

Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, the Lord God 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 God, please stop!
(D)How can Jacob stand, for he is small?”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 7:3 Or relented
  2. Amos 7:4 Lit portion

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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