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The Lord had mercy on this thing; It shall not be, said the Lord God.

The Lord God showed to me these things; and lo! the Lord God shall call doom to fire, and it shall devour much depth of water, and it ate (al)together a part. (The Lord God showed me these things; and lo! the Lord God called judgement into the fire, and it devoured a great depth of water, and it ate a part of it.)

And I said, Lord God, I beseech, rest thou; who shall raise Jacob, for he is little? (And I said, Lord God, I beseech thee, rest thou; for who shall raise up Jacob, for he is so small?/for they be so weak?)

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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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