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The Book of Amos, Chapter 7, Verse 6

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Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small.
King James Version
The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
American Standard Version
Jehovah repented concerning this: this also shall not be, saith the Lord Jehovah.
New English Translation
The LORD decided not to do this. The Sovereign LORD said,“This will not happen either.”
World English Bible
Yahweh relented concerning this. "This also shall not be," says the Lord Yahweh.
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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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And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:
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And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
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Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
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For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
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Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
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But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it [is] the king's chapel, and it [is] the king's court.
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Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I [was] no prophet, neither [was] I a prophet's son; but I [was] an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
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And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
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Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not [thy word] against the house of Isaac.