16 Now hear the word of the Lord: you are saying, ‘You (A)shall not prophesy against Israel (B)nor shall you [a]speak against the house of Isaac.’ 17 Therefore, thus says the Lord, ‘Your (C)wife will become a harlot in the city, your (D)sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line and you yourself will die [b]upon (E)unclean soil. Moreover, Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”

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  1. Amos 7:16 Lit flow
  2. Amos 7:17 Or in an unclean land

16 Now then, hear(A) the word of the Lord. You say,

“‘Do not prophesy against(B) Israel,
    and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.’

17 “Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“‘Your wife will become a prostitute(C) in the city,
    and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword.
Your land will be measured and divided up,
    and you yourself will die in a pagan[a] country.
And Israel will surely go into exile,(D)
    away from their native land.(E)’”

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  1. Amos 7:17 Hebrew an unclean