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16 So listen to the Lord’s word. You tell me,

‘Don’t prophesy against Israel,
    and stop ·prophesying [preaching; spouting off; L dripping] against the ·descendants [house] of Isaac.’

17 “Because you have said this, the Lord says:

‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city,
    and your sons and daughters will ·be killed with swords [L fall by the sword].
Your land will be divided ·among themselves [L with a measuring line],
    and you will die in a ·foreign [L unclean; defiled] country.
The people of Israel will definitely be taken
    from their own land ·as captives [into exile].’”

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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:

“‘Your wife will become a prostitute(C) 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,(D)
    away from their native land.(E)’”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 7:17 Hebrew an unclean