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Amos 7:5

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Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

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  1. Amos 7:3

    The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord.

  2. Amos 7:4

    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.

  3. Amos 7:6

    The Lord repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord God.

  4. Amos 7:7

    Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

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