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Amos 7:12

And Amaziah said to Amos, Thou that seest, go; flee thou into the land of Judah, and eat thou there thy bread; and there thou shalt prophesy. (And then Amaziah said to Amos, Go thou away, O seer or O prophet; flee thou into the land of Judah, and eat thy food there; and there thou shalt prophesy.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 Amos saith these things, Jeroboam shall die by sword, and Israel (taken) captive shall pass from his land. (For Amos saith these things; Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and the people of Israel shall be taken away captive from their own land.)

13And thou shalt no more put to, that thou prophesy in Bethel, for it is the hallowing of the king, and is the house of the realm. (But no more shalt thou come forth here, so that thou prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king’s place of worship, and the house of the realm, or for it is the sanctuary of the king, and a royal palace.)

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:36Forsooth it shall come, that whoever [still] dwelleth in thine house, that he come to bow for himself, in an half-penny of silver, and a cake of bread, and say, I beseech, suffer thou me to one part of the priest (s?) (offices), that I eat a morsel of bread. (And it shall come, that whoever still remaineth in thy family, he shall come to beg for himself, for a half-penny of silver, and for a cake of bread, and he shall say, I beseech thee, allow me to hold one of the priests? offices, so that I can get a morsel of bread to eat.)

2 Chronicles 16:10And Asa was wroth against the prophet, and commanded him to be sent into the stocks. Forsooth the Lord had indignation greatly upon this thing, and he killed full many of the people in that time, (or And the king had great indignation because of this word, and he killed a great many people at that time).

Isaiah 56:11and (they be) most unshamefast dogs (that) knew not fullness. Those shepherds knew not understanding; all they bowed into their (own) way, each man to his avarice, from the highest till to the last. (and they be the most shameless dogs who shall never know fullness. They be shepherds who understand nothing; they all be turned to their own way, each one to his own greed, from the highest unto the lowest.)

Amos 2:12And ye poured out wine to (the) Nazarites, and commanded to (the) prophets, and said, Prophesy ye not.

Matthew 8:34And lo! all the city went out to meet Jesus; and when they had seen him, they prayed [him], that he would pass from their coasts, (or they beseeched him, that he would go away from their coasts).

Luke 13:31In that day some of the Pharisees came nigh, and said to him, Go out, and go from hence, for Herod will slay 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 →

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