NET Bible
"I said,“Sovereign LORD, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!”"
— Amos 7:5, NET Bible
“Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.”
“Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small. ”
“Then I said, "Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small."”
“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.”
When they had completely consumed the earth’s vegetation, I said,“Sovereign LORD, forgive Israel! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!”
The LORD decided not to do this.“It will not happen,” the LORD said.
The Sovereign LORD showed me this: I saw the Sovereign LORD summoning a shower of fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields.
I said,“Sovereign LORD, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!”
The LORD decided not to do this. The Sovereign LORD said,“This will not happen either.”
He showed me this: I saw the Lord standing by a tin wall holding tin in his hand.
The LORD said to me,“What do you see, Amos?” I said,“Tin.” The Lord then said,“Look, I am about to place tin among my people Israel. I will no longer overlook their sin.