15 But the Lord took me from [a]following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go (A)prophesy to My people Israel.’ 16 So now hear the word of the Lord: you are saying, ‘You (B)shall not prophesy against Israel (C)nor shall you [b]prophesy against the house of Isaac.’ 17 Therefore, this is what the Lord says: ‘Your (D)wife will become a prostitute in the city, your (E)sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line, and you yourself will die [c]upon (F)unclean soil. Furthermore Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”

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  1. Amos 7:15 Lit behind
  2. Amos 7:16 Lit drivel
  3. Amos 7:17 Or in an unclean land

15 But the Lord took me from tending the flock(A) and said to me, ‘Go,(B) prophesy(C) to my people Israel.’(D) 16 Now then, hear(E) the word of the Lord. You say,

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

17 “Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“‘Your wife will become a prostitute(G) 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,(H)
    away from their native land.(I)’”

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  1. Amos 7:17 Hebrew an unclean