Amos Accused

Amos 7

10 Then Amaziah j the priest of Bethel sent to k Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has l conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.

11 For thus Amos has said,
"'Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
and m Israel must go into exile
away from his land.'"

12 And Amaziah said to Amos, n "O seer, go, flee away o to the land of Judah, and p eat bread there, and prophesy there, 13 but q never again prophesy at Bethel, for r it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom."

14 Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, s "I was 1 no prophet, nor a prophet's son, but t I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs. 15 u But the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'

16 v Now therefore hear the word of the Lord.
"You say, n 'Do not prophesy against Israel,
and w do not preach against the house of x Isaac.'

17 y Therefore thus says the Lord:
"'Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city,
and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword,
and your land z shall be divided up with a measuring line;
you yourself shall die in an unclean land,
and m Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.'"

  1. Cross References
    1 Kings 12:32
    And Jeroboam appointed a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he made. And he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.
  2. Cross References
    Amos 1:1
    The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
  3. Cross References
    Jeremiah 38:4
    Then the officials said to the king, "Let this man be put to death, for he is weakening the hands of the soldiers who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the welfare of this people, but their harm.
  4. Cross References
    Amos 6:7
    Therefore they shall now be the first of those who go into exile, and the revelry of those who stretch themselves out shall pass away.
  5. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:9
    (Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said, "Come, let us go to the seer," for today's "prophet" was formerly called a seer.)
  6. Cross References
    Amos 1:1
    The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
  7. Cross References
    Micah 3:5
    Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who cry "Peace" when they have something to eat, but declare war against him who puts nothing into their mouths.
    Micah 3:11
    Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the Lord and say, "Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us.
  8. Cross References
    Amos 2:12
    "But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'You shall not prophesy.'
  9. Cross References
    1 Kings 12:29 - 13:1
    And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
  10. Cross References
    Amos 1:1
    The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
    Zechariah 13:5
    But he will say, 'I am no prophet, I am a worker of the soil, for a man sold me in my youth.
  11. Cross References
    Amos 1:1
    The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 78:71
    From following the nursing ewes he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel his inheritance.
  13. Cross References
    Amos 3:1
    Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
  14. Cross References
    Amos 7:12
    And Amaziah said to Amos, "O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there.
  15. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:46
    Son of man, set your face toward the southland; preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land in the Negeb.
    Ezekiel 21:2
    Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
    Micah 2:6
    "Do not preach" - thus they preach - "one should not preach of such things; disgrace will not overtake us."
  16. Cross References
    Amos 7:9
    The high places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
  17. Cross References
    Jeremiah 28:16
    Therefore thus says the Lord : 'Behold, I will remove you from the face of the earth. This year you shall die, because you have uttered rebellion against the Lord.'
    Jeremiah 29:21
    Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall strike them down before your eyes.
    Jeremiah 29:31 - 32
    Send to all the exiles, saying, 'Thus says the Lord concerning Shemaiah of Nehelam: Because Shemaiah had prophesied to you when I did not send him, and has made you trust in a lie.
  18. Cross References
    Amos 7:7 - 8
    This is what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
  19. Cross References
    Amos 7:11
    For thus Amos has said, "'Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel must go into exile away from his land.'
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