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Text -- Amos 7:10-17 (NET)
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Amos Confronts a Priest
7:10 Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent this message to King Jeroboam of Israel : “Amos is conspiring against you in the very heart of the kingdom of Israel ! The land cannot endure all his prophecies .
7:11 As a matter of fact , Amos is saying this: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly be carried into exile away from its land .’”
7:12 Amaziah then said to Amos , “Leave , you visionary ! Run away to the land of Judah ! Earn your living and prophesy there !
7:13 Don’t prophesy at Bethel any longer , for a royal temple and palace are here!”
7:14 Amos replied to Amaziah , “I was not a prophet by profession . No , I was a herdsman who also took care of sycamore fig trees .
7:15 Then the Lord took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission, ‘Go ! Prophesy to my people Israel !’
7:16 So now listen to the Lord’s message ! You say , ‘Don’t prophesy against Israel ! Don’t preach against the family of Isaac !’
7:17 “Therefore this is what the Lord says : ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the streets and your sons and daughters will die violently . Your land will be given to others and you will die in a foreign land . Israel will certainly be carried into exile away from its land .’”
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NET Notes: Amo 7:13 Heb “for it is a temple of a king and it is a royal house.” It is possible that the phrase “royal house” refers to a temple ra...
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NET Notes: Amo 7:14 It is possible that herdsmen agreed to care for sycamore fig trees in exchange for grazing rights. See P. King, Amos, Hosea, Micah, 116-17. Since thes...
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NET Notes: Amo 7:16 The verb, which literally means “to drip,” appears to be a synonym of “to prophesy,” but it might carry a derogatory tone here...
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