Amos 7:2

The locusts had eaten up all the herb of the land(Exodus 10:12; Exodus 10:15), when Amos intercedes on behalf of his people, urging its inability to recover itself, if the work of destruction should still continue. The term herbis not limited to grass, but denotes green herbage generally (with the exception of trees): see Genesis 1:11; Genesis 1:29 [184].

[184] The Hebrew of והיה אם כלה is peculiar, and can scarcely be right. C. C. Torrey proposes a plausible emendation (Journ. of Bibl. Lit., 1894, p. 63): וַיְהִי הֻא מְכַלֶּה "and it came to pass, as they were making an end," &c.

how (lit. as who) shall Jacob stand? for he is small The resources of the nation are not sufficient to enable it to withstand the further progress of calamity.