“Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.”
Amos 7:5 (KJV)
Context Reading
3The 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. 5Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. 6The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD. 7¶ Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.