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13 Now it happened as I prophesied, that (A)Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, “(B)Alas, Lord Yahweh! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to complete destruction?”

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And it happened [a]when it had (A)completed eating the vegetation of the land, that I said,

(B)Lord Yahweh, please pardon!
[b]How can Jacob rise up,
For he is (C)small?”
Yahweh [c](D)relented concerning this.
“It shall not be,” said Yahweh.

Thus Lord Yahweh showed me, and behold, Lord Yahweh was calling to contend with them by (E)fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the [d]farm land. Then I said,

(F)Lord Yahweh, please stop!
[e](G)How can Jacob rise up, for he is small?”
Yahweh [f](H)relented concerning this.
“This too shall not be,” said Lord Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 7:2 Lit if
  2. Amos 7:2 Lit As who
  3. Amos 7:3 Or regretted
  4. Amos 7:4 Lit portion
  5. Amos 7:5 Lit Who
  6. Amos 7:6 Or regretted, cf. 1 Sam 15:11, 29, 35