Am 7, 1-2 Forgive, O Lord GOD! How can Jacob stand?

(Am 7, 1-2) Forgive, O Lord GOD! How can Jacob stand?

[1] This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was forming a locust swarm when the late growth began to come up (the late growth after the king's mowing). [2] While they were eating all the grass in the land, I said: Forgive, O Lord GOD! How can Jacob stand? He is so small!

(CCC 2584) In their "one to one" encounters with God, the prophets draw light and strength for their mission. Their prayer is not flight from this unfaithful world, but rather attentiveness to the Word of God. At times their prayer is an argument or a complaint, but it is always an intercession that awaits and prepares for the intervention of the Savior God, the Lord of history (Cf. Am 7:2, 5; Isa 6:5, 8, 11; Jer 1:6; 15:15-18; 20:7-18).