King James Version
Amos 7:16 in the King James Version says “Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against th...” — study this verse from Amos chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Amos 7:16 · KJV
Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: sycomore: or, wild figs
And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. as: Heb. from behind
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.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Now therefore hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“thou the word”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“Prophesy”
H5012to prophesy, i.e., speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“not against Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and drop”
H5197to ooze, i.e., distil gradually; by implication, to fall in drops; figuratively, to speak by inspiration
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“not thy word against the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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