American Standard Version
"Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small. "
— Amos 7:5, American Standard Version
“Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.”
“Then I said, "Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small."”
“I said,“Sovereign LORD, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!””
“And I said: O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee, who shall raise up Jacob, for he is a little one?”
“Then said I, O Lord God, let there be an end: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.”
“Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.”
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.
Jehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith Jehovah.
Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.
Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
Jehovah repented concerning this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.
And Jehovah said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumb-line. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel; I will not again pass by them any more;