1. THUS THE Lord God showed me [Amos], and behold, He formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the second crop, and behold, it was the second crop after the king's mowings.
2. And when [the locusts] had finished eating the plants of the land, then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I pray You. How can Jacob stand? For he is so small!
3. The Lord relented and revoked this sentence: It shall not take place, said the Lord [and He was eased and comforted concerning it].
4. Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, the Lord God called for punishment with fire, and it devoured the great deep and would have eaten up the land.
5. Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I pray You! How can Jacob stand? He is so little!
6. The Lord relented and revoked this sentence: This also shall not be, said the Lord [and He was eased and comforted concerning it].