Amos 7:5
“Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee,.... From destroying the land; suffer not this calamity to proceed any…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Amos 7:5-6
As our Lord repeated the same words in the Garden, so Amos interceded with God with words, all but one, the same, and…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Amos 7:1-9
We here see that God bears long, but that he will not bear always, with a provoking people, both these God here showed…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Amos 7:5-6
Again the prophet intercedes, in the same words as before, except that he does not pray that God would forgiveHis…
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