King James Version (KJV)
Amos 7:5
“Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small.”
Verse in context — Amos 7
3
The 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.
5
Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small.
6
The 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.