Revised Version 1895

Amos 7:12-17

12AlsoAmaziahאֲמַצְיָה֙'a.matz.YahH558saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoAmosעָמ֔וֹסa.MosH5986, O thouseerחֹזֶ֕הcho.ZehH2374, go,fleeבְּרַח־be.rach-H1272theeawayH1272intoH413thelandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063, and thereeatוֶאֱכָל־ve.'e.khol-H398breadלֶ֔חֶםLe.chemH3899, andprophesyתִּנָּבֵֽא׃ti.na.Ve'H5012there:

13butprophesyלְהִנָּבֵ֑אle.hi.na.Ve'H5012notלֹֽא־lo'-H3808againע֖וֹדodH5750anyH5750moreH5750at Beth-el: for it is theking’sמֶ֙לֶךְ֙Me.lekhH4428sanctuaryמִקְדַּשׁ־mik.dash-H4720, and it is aroyalH4428houseוּבֵ֥יתu.VeitH1004.

14ThenansweredH559Amosעָמוֹס֙'a.mOsH5986, andsaidH559toAmaziahאֲמַצְיָ֔ה'a.matz.YahH558, I wasnoלֹא־lo'-H3808prophetH5030,neitherוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808was I a prophet’ssonבֶן־ven-H1121; but I was an herdman, and a dresser of sycomoretreesשִׁקְמִֽים׃shik.MimH8256:

15and theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068tookוַיִּקָּחֵ֣נִיvai.yi.ka.Che.niH3947meאֵלַי֙'e.LaiH413fromfollowingמֵאַחֲרֵ֖יme.'a.cha.ReiH310theflockהַצֹּ֑אןha.TzonH6629, and theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untomeאֶל־'el-H413, Go,prophesyהִנָּבֵ֖אhi.na.Ve'H5012unto mypeopleעַמִּ֥י'a.MiH5971Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

16Nowוְעַתָּ֖הve.'a.TahH6258thereforehearשְׁמַ֣עshe.Ma'H8085thou thewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068: Thou sayest,Prophesyתִנָּבֵא֙ti.na.Ve'H5012notלֹ֤אlo'H3808againstעַל־'al-H5921Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, and dropnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808thywordH1697againstעַל־'al-H5921thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofIsaacאֹמֵ֗ר'o.MerH559;

17thereforethusכֹּה־koh-H3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068: Thywifeאִשְׁתְּךָ֞'ish.te.KhaH802shall be anharlotתִּזְנֶה֙tiz.NehH2181in thecityבָּעִ֤ירba.'IrH5892, and thysonsוּבָנֶ֤יךָu.va.Nei.khaH1121and thydaughtersוּבְנֹתֶ֙יךָ֙u.ve.no.Tei.khaH1323shallfallיִפֹּ֔לוּyi.Po.luH5307by theswordבַּחֶ֣רֶבba.Che.revH2719, and thylandוְאַדְמָתְךָ֖ve.'ad.ma.te.KhaH127shall bedividedתְּחֻלָּ֑קte.chu.LakH2505bylineבַּחֶ֣בֶלba.Che.velH2256; and thou thyself shaltdieתָּמ֔וּתta.MutH4191in alandאֲדָמָ֤ה'a.da.MahH127that isuncleanטְמֵאָה֙te.me.'AhH2931, andIsraelוְיִ֨שְׂרָאֵ֔לve.Yis.ra.'ElH3478shallsurelyH4191beledH1540awayH1540captiveH1540outH5921of hislandאַדְמָתֽוֹ׃ ס'ad.ma.ToH127.

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