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Amos 7:10

Amos Confronts a Priest

7:10 Amaziah the priest of Bethel¹ sent this message² to King Jeroboam of Israel: “Amos is conspiring against you in the very heart of the kingdom of Israel!³ The land cannot endure all his prophecies.⁴

Amos 7:13

Context
7:13 Don’t prophesy at Bethel⁵ any longer, for a royal temple and palace are here!”⁶

¹map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

²tn The direct object of the verb translated “sent” is elided in the Hebrew text. The words “this message” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

³tn Heb “in the middle of the house of Israel.”

⁴tn Heb “words.”

⁵map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

⁶tn Heb “for it is a temple of a king and it is a royal house.” It is possible that the phrase “royal house” refers to a temple rather than a palace. See S. M. Paul, Amos (Hermeneia), 243.

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