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?
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Amos 7:5
Amos 7:5
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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