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Amos 7:12 KJV
Amos · chapter 7 · verse 12
Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:Amos 7:12 · King James Version
Amos 7:12 in context
10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel 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.
11For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
12Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
13But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.
14Then 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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AmaziahʼĂmatsyâhAmatsjah, the name of four IsraelitesH558 →
- JudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
- breadlechemfood , especially bread, or grainH3899 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- AmosʻÂmôwçAmos, an Israelite prophetH5986 →
- seerchôzeha beholder in visionH2374 →
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One would have expected, 1. That what we met with in the former part of the chapter would awaken the people to repentance, when they saw that they were reprieved in order that they might have space to repent and that they could not obtain a pardon unless the did repent. 2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-17