Amos 7:11
What does Amos 7:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Amos 7:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For Amos has said, Jeroboam will be put to the sword, and Israel will certainly be taken away as a prisoner out of his land.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862for thus said Amos: By sword die doth Jeroboam, And Israel certainly removeth from off its land.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For thus saith Amos: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall be carried away captive out of their own land.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For thus Amos saith: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall certainly go into captivity out of his land.
Context
v.10Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
v.11This passage
v.12Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thou away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Amos 7:9
and the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
- Acts 6:14
for we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered unto us.
- 2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
- Psalms 56:5
All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.
- Amos 6:7
Therefore shall they now go captive with the first that go captive; and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away.
- Jeremiah 28:10
Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.
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