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Amos 7:17

Verse 17 of 17. The 7th of 9 chapters in Amos, in The Minor Prophets.

13but don’t prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house!”

14Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son, but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;

15and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

16Now therefore listen to the LORD’s word: ‘You say, Don’t prophesy against Israel, and don’t preach against the house of Isaac.’

17Therefore the LORD says: ‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’”

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.