Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee From destroying the land; suffer not this calamity to proceed any further; using the same argument as before: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small; (See Gill on Amos 7:2).
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So the LORD had pity on them. "I will let them continue for now," he said.
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The LORD and King gave me a second vision. He was using fire to punish his people. It dried up the deep waters. It burned the land up.
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Then I cried out, "LORD and King, please stop! How can Jacob's people continue? They are such a weak nation!"
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So the LORD had pity on them. "I will let them continue for now," the LORD and King said.
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Then the Lord gave me a third vision. He was standing by a wall. It had been built very straight, all the way up and down. He was holding a plumb line.