Amos 7:2 Commentary: Rashi

וְהָיָ֗ה אִם־כִּלָּה֙ לֶֽאֱכוֹל֙ אֶת־עֵ֣שֶׂב הָאָ֔רֶץ וָאֹמַ֗ר אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ סְֽלַֽח־נָ֔א מִ֥י יָק֖וּם יַֽעֲקֹ֑ב כִּ֥י קָטֹ֖ן הֽוּא׃

And if it had come to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land—so I said: O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech Thee; How shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

Rashi on Amos

And it came to pass when it finished Heb. אִם. When it finished eating.
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Rashi on Amos

the grass of the earth—in that field.
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Rashi on Amos

and I said, “O Lord God! Forgive now!”—and destroy not the land.
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