KJV King James Version
And it came to pass, [that] when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small.
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Amos 7:2
And it came to pass, [that] when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
WEB World English Bible
It happened that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, “Lord Yahweh, forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
ASV American Standard Version
And it came to pass that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and it hath come to pass, when it hath finished to consume the herb of the land, that I say: ‘Lord Jehovah, forgive, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise—for he is small?’
Surrounding context — Amos 7
1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, [it was] the latter growth after the king’s mowings.
2 And it came to pass, [that] when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small.
3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
4 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.
5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small.
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וְהָיָ֗הH1961 · ha.yahto beאִם־H518 · imifכִּלָּה֙H3615 · ka.lahto end: finishלֶֽאֱכוֹל֙H398 · a.khalto eatאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עֵ֣שֶׂבH6212 · e.sevvegetationהָאָ֔רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetוָאֹמַ֗רH559 · a.marto sayאֲדֹנָ֤יH136 · a.do.naiLordיְהוִה֙H3069 · ye.ho.vihYHWH/Godסְֽלַֽח־H5545 · sa.lachto forgiveנָ֔אH4994 · napleaseמִ֥יH4310 · miwho?יָק֖וּםH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiיַֽעֲקֹ֑בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforקָטֹ֖ןH6996 · qa.tansmallהֽוּא׃H1931 · huhe/she/it
Cross-references
Isaiah 37:4It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up [thy] prayer for the remnant that is left.Ezekiel 11:13And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?Jeremiah 42:2And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, [even] for all this remnant; (for we are left [but] a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)Jeremiah 14:20-21We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, [and] the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.Ezekiel 9:8And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?Jeremiah 14:7O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou [it] for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.Exodus 10:15For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.Psalm 12:1To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.Amos 7:5Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small.Exodus 34:9And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it [is] a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.Psalm 44:24-26Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?Isaiah 51:19These two [things] are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?Revelation 9:4And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.Numbers 14:17-19And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,Zechariah 4:10For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel [with] those seven; they [are] the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.James 5:15-16And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.Daniel 9:19O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.Exodus 32:11-12And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
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