Amos 7:5 in the King James Version
Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Context
4 Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.
5 Then I said, “Lord GOD, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
6 The LORD relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord GOD.