Amos 7:16-17
Christian Standard Bible
16 Now hear the word of the Lord. You say:
17 Therefore, this is what the Lord says:
Your wife will be a prostitute in the city,(C)
your sons and daughters will fall by the sword,(D)
and your land will be divided up
with a measuring line.
You yourself will die on pagan[a] soil,(E)
and Israel will certainly go into exile(F)
from its homeland.
Footnotes
- 7:17 Lit unclean
Amos 7:16-17
New International Version
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:
Footnotes
- Amos 7:17 Hebrew an unclean
Amos 7:16-17
King James Version
16 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.
17 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
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