“Therefore,
Hear the word of Yahweh!
You say.
‘Do not prophesy
Against Israel!
Do not preach
Against the house of Isaac!
Therefore,
Thus says Yahweh.
‘Your wife shall become
A prostitute in the city.
Your sons,
Your daughters,
Shall fall by the sword.
Your land
Shall be parceled out
By line.
You yourself shall die
In an unclean land.
Israel shall surely
Go into exile
Away from its land.’”
Amos wanted Amaziah to hear the word of Yahweh that he had heard. While Amaziah had said not to prophesize in Israel or against the house of Israel, Yahweh, via Amos, responded by telling him that his wife would become a prostitute in the city. Both his sons and daughters would die by the sword. His land would be parceled out by the line. Finally, Amaziah would die in a foreign unclean land, because Israel was going to be sent into exile into a land far from there. This was a very strong rebuke of Amaziah.
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