Amos 7:12

Also Amatzyah said unto Amos: O thou seer, go, flee thee away into Eretz Yehudah, and there eat lechem, and prophesy there,

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

In Context

11For thus Amos saith: 1 Yarov'am shall die by the cherev, 1 and Yisroel shall surely be led away 1 into the golus out of their own land.

13But prophesy not again any more at Beit-El; for it is the Mikdash Melech, and it is the Bais Mamlachah.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:36And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine Bais shall come and bow before him + 2:36 i.e., the Kohen Ne'eman to get an agorat kesef (a silver coin) and a kikar lechem (loaf of bread), and shall say, Put me please into one of the Kehunnot (Divisions of the Kehunah), that I may get a piece of lechem to eat.

2 Chronicles 16:10Then Asa was wroth with the ro'eh, put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of HaAm at the same time.

Isaiah 56:11Yes, they are kelavim azei nefesh (hungry dogs) never satisfied, 1 and they are ro'im (shepherds) with no da'as; 1 they all look to their own way, + 56:11 See Isa 53:6 1 every one having his end fixated on his own gain. 1

Amos 2:12But ye gave the Nezirim yayin to drink; 1 and commanded the nevi'im, saying: 1 Prophesy not. 1

Matthew 8:34And hinei! The whole town came out to meet Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. And seeing him, they begged him to depart from their area.

Luke 13:31In the same hour some Perushim approached Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, saying to him, Depart and go from here, because Herod wants to kill you.

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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