for this is what Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
Parallel translations
- WEB For Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’”
- KJV For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
- NKJV For thus Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword, And Israel shall surely be led away captive From their own land.’ ”
- NASB For this is what Amos says: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’ ”
- NLT He is saying, ‘Jeroboam will soon be killed, and the people of Israel will be sent away into exile.’”
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Quick answer
Amaziah quotes Amos as predicting Jeroboam's death and Israel's exile. He frames the prophecy as a threat to the throne.
Overview
By isolating and reporting these words, Amaziah casts the prophet as a political enemy rather than a messenger of God. The prophecy of exile, however, was God's true word and would be fulfilled. The episode illustrates how God's truth is twisted by those who reject it, just as Christ's words were later distorted by his accusers.
Cross-references & the web
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- Amos 6:7–8Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.
- 2 Kgs 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
- Ps 56:5All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
- Amos 7:9The high places of Isaac will be deserted, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with My sword.”
- Matt 26:61and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
- Acts 6:14For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”
- Jer 28:10–11Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
- Jer 26:9How dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
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