Amos 7:11

for thus said Amos: Jeroboam dies by sword, || And Israel certainly removes from off its land.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.

In Context

10And Amaziah priest of Beth-El sends to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words,

12And Amaziah says to Amos, “Seer, go, flee to the land of Judah for yourself, and eat bread there, and there you prophesy;

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Cross References

2 Kings 17:6in the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Asshur has captured Samaria, and removes Israel to Asshur, and causes them to dwell in Halah, and in Habor, [by] the river Gozan, and [in] the cities of the Medes.

Jeremiah 26:9Why have you prophesied in the Name of YHWH, saying, This house will be as Shiloh, and this city is desolated, without inhabitant?” And all the people are assembled to Jeremiah in the house of YHWH.

Amos 6:7Therefore they now go at the head of the captives, || And the mourning-feast of stretched-out ones is turned aside.

Matthew 26:61said, “This One said, I am able to throw down the temple of God, and after three days to build it.”

Matthew Henry on Amos 7:11-17

Amaziah's Charge against Amos; Amaziah's Doom. ( b. c. 785.) 10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. 11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. 12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 13 But… Read the whole commentary →

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