Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

The Lord repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord God.

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This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: The Sovereign Lord was calling for judgment by fire;(A) it dried up the great deep and devoured(B) the land. Then I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!(C)

So the Lord relented.(D)

“This will not happen either,” the Sovereign Lord said.(E)

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