Now therefore listen to the LORD’s word: ‘You say, Don’t prophesy against Israel, and don’t preach against the house of Isaac.’
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Amos 7:16 in context
Amos 7:13–17
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but don’t prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house!”
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Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son, but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;
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and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
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Now therefore listen to the LORD’s word: ‘You say, Don’t prophesy against Israel, and don’t preach against the house of Isaac.’
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Therefore the LORD says: ‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’”
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