Amos 7:16
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Now then, hear the word of the LORD. You say, “ ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.’
Read Amos 7:16 Using Other Translations
Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
Now therefore hear the word of the LORD. "You say, 'Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.'
Now then, listen to this message from the LORD : “You say, ‘Don’t prophesy against Israel. Stop preaching against my people. ’
What does Amos 7:16 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Amos 7:16
Now therefore hear thou the word of the Lord
Which I have from him concerning thee, and which he has
pronounced upon thee and thy family: thou sayest, prophesy
not against Israel;
when God has bid me prophesy: and drop not [thy word]
against the house of Isaac;
say nothing against it, though in ever so soft and gentle a
manner: it designs the same thing as before, only in different
words; and is a prohibition of the prophet to prophesy against
the ten tribes that descended from Isaac, in the line of Jacob.
So the Targum paraphrases it,
``thou shalt not teach against the house of Isaac;''or deliver out any prophecy or doctrine that is against them, or threatens them with any calamity. Jarchi says the phrase is expressive of prophecy; see ( Deuteronomy 32:2 ) ( Ezekiel 21:2 ) .
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