Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Cease

Amos 7:2
And when the locusts had finished eating the plants of the land, then I said,

“O Lord God, please forgive!
How can Jacob stand,
For he is so small [that he cannot endure this]?”
Psalm 85:4

Restore us, O God of our salvation,
And cause Your indignation toward us to cease.
Isaiah 10:25
For yet a very little while and My indignation [against you] will be fulfilled and My anger will be directed toward the destruction of the Assyrian.”

For

Amos 7:2
And when the locusts had finished eating the plants of the land, then I said,

“O Lord God, please forgive!
How can Jacob stand,
For he is so small [that he cannot endure this]?”
Isaiah 1:9

If the Lord of hosts
Had not left us a few survivors,
We would be like Sodom,
We would be like Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 30:19

‘From them (city, palace) will come [songs of] thanksgiving
And the voices of those who dance and celebrate.
And I will multiply them and they will not be diminished [in number];
I will also honor them and they will not be insignificant.