Amos 7:11

Amos 7:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
• New International Version (NIV)For this is what Amos is saying: “ ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their native land.’ ”
• New King James Version (NKJV)For thus Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword, And Israel shall surely be led away captive From their own land.’ ”
• New Living Translation (NLT)He is saying, ‘Jeroboam will soon be killed, and the people of Israel will be sent away into exile.’”

Context of Amos 7:11

9the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword." 10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. For thus Amos has said, "'Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel must go into exile away from his land.'" 12And Amaziah said to Amos, "O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there, 13but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom."

Amos 7:11 word by word

כִּי־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר עָמ֔וֹס בַּחֶ֖רֶב יָמ֣וּת יָרָבְעָ֑ם וְיִ֨שְׂרָאֵ֔ל גָּלֹ֥ה יִגְלֶ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For thus Amosעָמוֹס‛âmôs · AmosH5986
• saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Jeroboamיָֽרָבְעָםyârob‛âm · JeroboamH3379
• shall dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• by the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• and Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• shall surelyגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: removeH1540
• out of their own landאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127

Cross-references for Amos 7:11

• Jeremiah 26:9Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, 'This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant'?" And all the people gathered around Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
• Jeremiah 28:10Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke-bars from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke them.
• Acts 6:14for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us."
• Amos 7:9the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword."
• Psalms 56:5All day long they injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
• Matthew 26:61and said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to rebuild it in three days.'"
• Amos 6:7Therefore they shall now be the first of those who go into exile, and the revelry of those who stretch themselves out shall pass away."
• 2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

Commentaries on Amos 7:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11For thus Amos saith - Amos had said, “Thus saith the Lord;” he never fails to impress on them, whose words he is speaking. Amaziah, himself bound up in a system of falsehood and imposture, which, being a creature-worship, gave itself out as the worship of the true God, believed all besides to be fraud. Fraud always suspects fraud; the irreligious think devotion, holiness, saintliness to be hypocrisy: vice imagines virtue to be well-masked vice. The false…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-17Verses 10-17 It is no new thing for the accusers of the brethren, to misrepresent them as enemies to the king and kingdom, as traitors to their prince, and troublers of the land, when they are the best friends to both. Those who make gain their godliness, and are governed by the hopes of wealth and preferment, are ready to think these the most powerful motives with others also. But those who have a warrant from God, like Amos, ought not to fear the face…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Amaziah misunderstood Amos's words, thinking they threatened Jeroboam's life. Amos was urging the people to repent, not rebel.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Jeroboam shall die, &c.--Amos had not said this: but that "the house of Jeroboam" should fall "with the sword" (Am 7:9). But Amaziah exaggerates the charge, to excite Jeroboam against him. The king, however, did not give ear to Amaziah, probably from religious awe of the prophet of Jehovah.Read the comment

Topics related to Amos 7:11

• Accusation, False
• Amaziah
• Amos
• Jeroboam
• Minister, Christian

In the dictionaries

• Amos
• Israel
• Jeroboam
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Amaziah
• Arise
• Contend
• Ezekiel

Commentaries on Amos 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings