Amos 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!’

De 32:2; 1Sa 15:16; 1Ki 22:19; Isa 30:10; Jer 28:15-17; Eze 20:46; Eze 21:2; Am 7:13; Mic 2:6

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).