Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small.
Ver. 5. Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee] See Amos 7:2; and persevering in prayer for the public remember to plead, not merit, but misery, Psalms 79:8,9, and with all humility to acknowledge that "it is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not," Lamentations 3:22 .