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Amos 7:11
11For this is what Amos is saying: “ ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their native land.’ ”
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For thus Amos has said, "'Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel must go into exile away from his 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
9“The high places of Isaac will be destroyed and the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined; with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam.” 10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel: “Amos is raising a conspiracy against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words. 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.’ ” 12Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there. 13Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom.”
Read all of Amos 7Amos 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 do you prophesy in the Lord’s name that this house will be like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted?” And all the people crowded around Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
- Jeremiah 28:10Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it,
- Acts 6:14For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us.”
- Amos 7:9“The high places of Isaac will be destroyed and the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined; with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam.”
- Psalms 56:5All day long they twist my words; all their schemes are for my ruin.
- Matthew 26:61and declared, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’ ”
- Amos 6:7Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile; your feasting and lounging will end.
- 2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River and in the towns 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
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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
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