Amos 7:9

7:9 Isaac’s centers of worship ¹  will become desolate;

Israel’s holy places will be in ruins.

I will attack Jeroboam’s dynasty with the sword.” ² 

Amos 7:11

7:11 As a matter of fact, ³  Amos is saying this: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly be carried into exile ⁴  away from its land.’”

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¹ tn Traditionally, “the high places” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “pagan shrines.”

² tn Heb “And I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with a sword.”

³ tn Or “for.”

⁴ tn See the note on the word “exile” in 5:5.