Amos 7:5-6

Amos 7:5-6

[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. 

What does Amos 7:5-6 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Amos prayed virtually the same prayer again asking the sovereign Lord not to send such a judgment because Jacob was small (cf. Amos 7:2). Again the Lord relented and determined that it would not come then (cf. Amos 7:3). He would not discipline Israel with a locust plague or with a raging "fire."