4. Thus the Lord GOD shewed me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.
5. Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
6. The LORD repented concerning this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
7. Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.