Amos 7:16

Now therefore hear thou the Devar Hashem: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Yisroel, and drop not thy word against the Bais Yischak.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.

In Context

15And Hashem took me as I followed the tzon, and Hashem said unto me: Go, prophesy unto My people Yisroel.

17Therefore thus saith Hashem: 1 Thy isha shall be a zonah in the city, 1 and thy banim and thy banot shall fall by the cherev, 1 and thy land shall be divided by line; 1 and thou shalt die in an adamah temei'ah (unclean land); 1 and Yisroel shall surely go forth of his land into golus (exile).

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Cross References

1 Samuel 15:16Then Shmuel said unto Sha'ul, Stop, and I will tell thee what Hashem hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

1 Kings 22:19And he said, Shema Devar Hashem: I saw Hashem sitting on his kisse, and all the Tzva HaShomayim standing by Him on His right hand and on His left.

Isaiah 30:10Which say to the seers, See not; 1 and to the prophets, 1 Prophesy not unto us nekhochot (right things), 1 speak unto us chalakot (smooth things), 1 prophesy machatallot (deceits, illusions); 1

Ezekiel 16:35Therefore, O zonah, hear the Devar Hashem.

Ezekiel 21:2Ben adam, set thy face toward the south, and preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land of the Negev;

Micah 2:6Preach ye not, they preach; 1 but if they + 2:6 Hashem ʼs nevi'im do not preach concerning these things, 1 kellimot (disgraces, reproaches) will not be turned back. + 2:6 Ezek 3:18 1

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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