Charles Ellicott Commentary Amos 7:5-6

"Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small. Jehovah repented concerning this: this also shall not be, saith the Lord Jehovah." — Amos 7:5-6 (ASV)

Instead of “forgive,” the prophet now only ventures to say “cease,” a cry for arrest of judgment. Yet the same plea for pity is urged as before. Jeroboam II and his house are spared for a while. But another awful vision comes to the prophet.