"Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small."
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Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
Then said I, O Lord God, let there be an end: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.
Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Then I said, "Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small."
`Lord Jehovah, cease, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise -- for he `is' small?'