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Amos 7:16

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7:16 So now listen to the Lord’s message! You say, ‘Don’t prophesy against Israel! Don’t preach 1  against the family of Isaac!’

1 tn The verb, which literally means “to drip,” appears to be a synonym of “to prophesy,” but it might carry a derogatory tone here, perhaps alluding to the impassioned, frenzied way in which prophets sometimes delivered their messages. If so, one could translate, “to drivel; to foam at the mouth” (see HALOT 694 s.v. נטף).



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