Amos 7:2 - Exposition

The grass of the land. The term includes vegetables of all sorts, the feed of man and beast ( Genesis 1:11 ; see note on Zechariah 10:1 ). O Lord,...forgive. The prophet is not concerned to obtain the fulfilment of his prophecy; his heartfelt sympathy for his people yearns for their pardon, as he knows that punishment and restoration depend upon moral conditions. By whom shall Jacob arise? better, How shall Jacob stand ? literally, as who ? If he is thus weakened, as the vision portends, how shall he endure the stroke? Small ; weakened by internal commotions and foreign attack ( 2 Kings 15:10-16 , 2 Kings 15:19 ).