Amos 7:12
Amaziah said to Amos, “Seer, go, run back to the land of Judah, and there eat bread and prophesy.
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13But do not prophesy anymore here at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary and a royal house.”
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:36Everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him, asking for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and will say, “Please assign me to one of the priests' positions so I can eat a piece of bread.”'”
2 Chronicles 16:10Then Asa was angry with the seer; he put him into prison, for he was angry with him over this matter. At the same time, Asa oppressed some of the people.
Isaiah 56:11The dogs have big appetites; they can never get enough; 1 they are shepherds without discernment; 1 they have all turned to their own way, each one covetous for unjust gain. 1
Amos 2:12But you persuaded the Nazirites to drink wine 1 and commanded the prophets not to prophesy. 1
Matthew 8:34Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.
Luke 13:31Shortly after, some Pharisees came and said to him, “Go and leave 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 →