Amos 7:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And now, hear a word of Jehovah: thou art saying, Do not prophesy against Israel, nor drop `any thing' against the house of Isaac,

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  • Ezek 20:46 : 46 Son of man, set thy face the way of Teman, and prophesy unto the south, and prophesy unto the forest of the field -- the south;
  • Ezek 21:2 : 2 `Son of man, set thy face unto Jerusalem, and prophesy unto the holy places, and prophesy unto the ground of Israel;
  • Mic 2:6 : 6 Ye do not prophesy -- they do prophesy, They do not prophesy to these, It doth not remove shame.
  • Amos 7:13 : 13 and `at' Beth-El do not add to prophesy any more, for it `is' the king's sanctuary, and it `is' the royal house.'
  • Deut 32:2 : 2 Drop as rain doth My doctrine; Flow as dew doth My sayings; As storms on the tender grass, And as showers on the herb,
  • 1 Sam 15:16 : 16 And Samuel saith unto Saul, `Desist, and I declare to thee that which Jehovah hath spoken unto me to-night;' and he saith to him, `Speak.'
  • 1 Kgs 22:19 : 19 And he saith, `Therefore, hear a word of Jehovah; I have seen Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of the heavens standing by Him, on His right and on His left;
  • Isa 30:10 : 10 Who have said to seers, `Ye do not see,' And to prophets, `Ye do not prophesy to us Straightforward things, Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits,
  • Jer 28:15-17 : 15 And Jeremiah the prophet saith unto Hananiah the prophet, `Hear, I pray thee, O Hananiah; Jehovah hath not sent thee, and thou hast caused this people to trust on falsehood. 16 Therefore thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am casting thee from off the face of the ground; this year thou diest, for apostacy thou hast spoken concerning Jehovah.' 17 And Hananiah the prophet dieth in that year, in the seventh month.

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  • 17therefore thus said Jehovah: Thy wife in the city doth go a-whoring, And thy sons and thy daughters by sword do fall, And thy land by line is apportioned, And thou on an unclean land diest, And Israel certainly removeth from off its land.'

  • 15and Jehovah taketh me from after the flock, and Jehovah saith unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Israel.

  • 4Hear a word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, And all ye families of the house of Israel.

  • 1Hear ye the word, O house of Israel, That Jehovah hath spoken for you.

  • Mic 2:6-7
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    6Ye do not prophesy -- they do prophesy, They do not prophesy to these, It doth not remove shame.

    7Doth the house of Jacob say, `Hath the Spirit of Jehovah been shortened? Are these His doings?' Do not My words benefit the people that is walking uprightly?

  • Ezek 21:1-2
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    1And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

    2`Son of man, set thy face unto Jerusalem, and prophesy unto the holy places, and prophesy unto the ground of Israel;

  • 1And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

  • 1And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `And thou, son of man, Thus said the Lord Jehovah to the ground of Israel:

  • 7`Only, hear, I pray thee, this word that I am speaking in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people.

  • 13and `at' Beth-El do not add to prophesy any more, for it `is' the king's sanctuary, and it `is' the royal house.'

  • Ezek 13:1-2
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    1And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

    2`Son of man, prophesy concerning the prophets of Israel who are prophesying, and thou hast said to those prophesying from their own heart: Hear ye a word of Jehovah:

  • 13Hear ye and testify to the house of Jacob, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, God of Hosts.

  • 16And thou dost not pray for this people, Nor lift up for them crying and prayer, Nor intercede with Me, for I hear thee not.

  • 1Hear this word that I am bearing to you, A lamentation, O house of Israel:

  • 7And thou, son of man, A watchman I gave thee to the house of Israel, And thou hast heard from My mouth a word, And thou hast warned them from Me.

  • 14And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

  • 37Thus dost thou say unto the prophet What hath Jehovah answered thee? And what hath Jehovah spoken?

  • 16And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

  • 1Hear ye this word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning you, O sons of Israel, concerning all the family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying:

  • 6And Jehovah saith unto me, `Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear ye the words of this covenant, And ye have done them.

  • 1And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

  • 4Therefore prophesy concerning them, prophesy, son of man.'

  • 3and thou hast said unto them, Thus said Jehovah God of Israel: Cursed `is' the man who doth not obey the words of this covenant,

  • 11For thus hath Jehovah spoken unto me with strength of hand, and instructeth me against walking in the way of this people, saying,

  • 16The prophets of Israel who are prophesying concerning Jerusalem, And who are seeing for her a vision of peace, And there is no peace, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

  • 4And these `are' the words that Jehovah hath spoken concerning Israel and concerning Judah:

  • 11And as to the house of the king of Judah, Hear ye a word of Jehovah;

  • 1And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

  • 9And desolated have been high places of Isaac, And sanctuaries of Israel are wasted, And I have risen against the house of Jeroboam with a sword.'

  • 1And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

  • 16And kept habitually are the statutes of Omri, And all the work of the house of Ahab, And ye do walk in their counsels, For My giving thee for a desolation, And its inhabitants for a hissing, And the reproach of My people ye do bear!

  • 7then I have cut off Israel from the face of the ground that I have given to them, and the house that I have hallowed for My name I send away from My presence, and Israel hath been for a simile and for a byword among all the peoples;

  • 7A vain vision have ye not seen, And a lying divination spoken, When ye say: An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have not spoken?

  • 4And He saith unto me, `Son of man, go, enter in unto the house of Israel, and thou hast spoken with My words unto them.

  • 21Therefore, thus said Jehovah concerning the men of Anathoth, who are seeking thy life, saying: Do not prophesy in the name of Jehovah, And thou dost not die by our hands.

  • 1Thus said Jehovah, `Go down `to' the house of the king of Judah, and thou hast spoken there this word, and hast said,

  • 17that there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man, a watchman I have given thee to the house of Israel, and thou hast heard from My mouth a word, and hast warned them from Me.

  • 1`Hear a word of Jehovah, sons of Israel, For a strife `is' to Jehovah with inhabitants of the land, For there is no truth, nor kindness, Nor knowledge of God, in the land,

  • 1And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

  • 13And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, Lo, the prophets are saying to them: Ye do not see a sword, yea, famine is not to you, For true peace I give to you in this place.'

  • 28And thou hast said unto them: This `is' the nation that hath not hearkened, To the voice of Jehovah its God, Nor have they accepted instruction, Perished hath stedfastness, Yea, it hath been cut off from their mouth.

  • 1And thou, son of man, prophesy unto mountains of Israel, and thou hast said, O mountains of Israel, hear a word of Jehovah.

  • 8And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Thus said Jehovah:

  • 15And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

  • 12And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

  • 7And Jehovah saith unto me, `Do not say, I `am' a youth, for to all to whom I send thee thou goest, and all that I command thee thou speakest.

  • 16Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Ye do not hearken unto the words Of the prophets who are prophesying to you, They are making you vain things, A vision of their own heart they speak, Not from the mouth of Jehovah.