Amos 7:12
Also Amaziah sayde vnto Amos, O thou the Seer, goe, flee thou away into the land of Iudah, and there eate thy bread and prophecie there.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
13But prophecie no more at Beth-el: for it is the Kings chappel, and it is the Kings court.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:36And all that are left in thine house, shall come and bowe downe to him for a piece of siluer and a morsell of bread, and shall say, Appoint me, I pray thee, to one of the priestes offices, that I may eate a morsell of bread.
2 Chronicles 16:10Then Asa was wroth with the Seer, and put him into a prison: for he was displeased with him, because of this thing. And Asa oppressed certaine of the people at the same time.
Isaiah 56:11And these griedy dogs can neuer haue ynough: and these shepheards cannot vnderstand: for they all looke to their owne way, euery one for his aduantage, and for his owne purpose.
Amos 2:12But ye gaue the Nazarites wine to drinke, and commanded the Prophetes, saying, Prophecie not.
Matthew 8:34And beholde, all ye citie came out to meete Iesus: and when they sawe him, they besought him to depart out of their coastes.
Luke 13:31The same day there came certaine Pharises, and said vnto him, Depart, and goe hence: for Herod will kill thee.
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 →