Amos 7:16 {15}
Good News Translation
So now listen to what the LORD says. You tell me to stop prophesying, to stop raving against the people of Israel.

New Revised Standard Version
“Now therefore hear the word of the LORD. You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.’

Contemporary English Version
And here you are, telling me not to preach!

New American Bible
Now hear the word of the LORD: You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, do not preach against the house of Isaac.’

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord took me when I followed the flock, and the Lord said to me: Go, prophesy to my people Israel.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the Lord took me when I followed the flock, and the Lord said to me: Go, prophesy to my people Israel.

hear.

1 Samuel 15:16 And Samuel said to Saul: Suffer me, and I will tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this night. And he said to him: Speak.

1 Kings 22:19 And he added and said: Hear thou, therefore, the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on the right hand and on the left:

Jeremiah 28:15-17 And Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananias the prophet: Hear now, Hananias: the Lord hath not sent thee, and thou hast made this people to trust in a lie. . . .

Prophesy.

Amos 7:13 And Amasias said to Amos: Thou seer, go, flee away into the land of Juda: and eat bread there, and prophesy there.

Isaiah 30:10 Who say to the seers: See not: and to them that behold: Behold not for us those things that are right: speak unto us pleasant things, see errors for us.

Micah 2:6 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the cord of a lot in the assembly of the Lord.

and drop.

Deuteronomy 32:2 Let my doctrine gather as the rain, let my speech distil as the dew, as a shower upon the herb, and as drops upon the grass.

Ezekiel 20:46 Son of man, set thy face against the way of the south, and drop towards the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field.

Ezekiel 21:2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and let thy speech flow towards the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel:

Context
Amaziah Accuses Amos
15And Amos answered and said to Amasias: I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet: but I am a herdsman plucking wild figs. 16And the Lord took me when I followed the flock, and the Lord said to me: Go, prophesy to my people Israel.17And now hear thou the word of the Lord: Thou sayest, thou shalt not prophesy against Israel, and thou shalt not drop thy word upon the house of the idol.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2
Let my doctrine gather as the rain, let my speech distil as the dew, as a shower upon the herb, and as drops upon the grass.

Ezekiel 13:2
Son of man, prophesy thou against the prophets of Israel that prophesy: and thou shalt say to them that prophesy out of their own heart: Hear ye the word of the Lord:

Ezekiel 20:46
Son of man, set thy face against the way of the south, and drop towards the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field.

Ezekiel 21:2
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and let thy speech flow towards the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel:

Amos 2:12
And you will present wine to the Nazarites: and command the prophets, saying: Prophesy not.

Amos 7:13
And Amasias said to Amos: Thou seer, go, flee away into the land of Juda: and eat bread there, and prophesy there.

Micah 2:6
Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the cord of a lot in the assembly of the Lord.

Amos 7:15
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