New King James Version
Amos 7:11
11For thus Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword, And Israel shall surely be led away captive From their own 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.
- 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.’ ”
- 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 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 desolate, And the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste. I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam.” 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 shall surely be led away captive From their own land.’ ” 12Then Amaziah said to Amos: “Go, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah. There eat bread, And there prophesy. 13But never again prophesy at Bethel, For it is the king’s sanctuary, And it is the royal residence.”
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 have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without an inhabitant’?” And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
- Jeremiah 28:10Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck and broke it.
- Acts 6:14for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses delivered to us.”
- Amos 7:9The high places of Isaac shall be desolate, And the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste. I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam.”
- Psalms 56:5All day they twist my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil.
- Matthew 26:61and said, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.’ ”
- Amos 6:7Therefore they shall now go captive as the first of the captives, And those who recline at banquets shall be removed.
- 2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by 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
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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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