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Amos 7:15-17
GOD’S WORD Translation
Amos 7:15-17
GOD’S WORD Translation
15 But the Lord took me away from herding the flock and said to me, ‘Prophesy to my people Israel.’
16 “Now listen to the Lord’s word: You said, ‘Stop prophesying against Israel, and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.’
17 “However, this is what the Lord says: Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will be killed with swords. Your land will be surveyed and divided up, and you will die in an unclean [a] land. Israel cannot avoid being taken from its land into exile.”
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- 7:17 “Unclean ” refers to anything that Moses’ Teachings say is not presentable to God.
Amos 7:15-17
New International Version
Amos 7:15-17
New International Version
15 But the Lord took me from tending the flock(A) and said to me, ‘Go,(B) prophesy(C) to my people Israel.’(D) 16 Now then, hear(E) the word of the Lord. You say,
“‘Do not prophesy against(F) Israel,
and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.’
17 “Therefore this is what the Lord says:
Footnotes
- Amos 7:17 Hebrew an unclean
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