Amos 7:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Now, listen to what the LORD says about you: Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, your sons and daughters will be killed in war, and your land will be divided among others. You will die in a country of foreigners, and the people of Israel will be dragged from their homeland.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:6

before capturing it in the ninth year of Hoshea's rule. The Assyrian king took the Israelites away to Assyria as prisoners. He forced some of them to live in the town of Halah, others to live near the River Habor in the territory of Gozan, and still others to live in towns where the Median people lived.

Psalm 78:55

He made nations run from the tribes of Israel, and he let the tribes take over their land.

Isaiah 13:16

They will see their children beaten against rocks, their homes robbed, and their wives abused.

Isaiah 22:18

He will roll you into a ball and throw you into a wide open country, where you will die and your chariots will be destroyed. You're a disgrace to those you serve.

Jeremiah 14:16

And everyone who listens to them will be killed, just as they deserve. Their dead bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem, because their families will also be dead, and no one will be left to bury them.

Jeremiah 20:6

Pashhur, you are guilty of telling lies and claiming they were messages from me. That's why I will make the Babylonians take you, your family, and your friends as prisoners to Babylonia, where you will all die and be buried.

Jeremiah 28:12

and a little while later, the LORD told me

Jeremiah 29:21

You think Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah are prophets because they claim to speak for me. But they are lying! I haven't told them anything. They are also committing other horrible sins in your community, such as sleeping with the wives of their friends. So I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar, who will put them to death while the rest of you watch. And in the future, when you want to put a curse on someone, you will say, “I pray that the LORD will kill you in the same way the king of Babylonia burnt Zedekiah and Ahab to death!”

Lamentations 5:11

On Zion and everywhere in Judah our wives and daughters are being raped.

Ezekiel 4:13

When I scatter the people of Israel among the nations, they will also have to eat food that is unclean, just as you must do.

Hosea 9:3

and you will have to leave the land of the LORD. Some of you will go to Egypt; others will go to Assyria and eat unclean food.

Amos 6:7

So you will be the first to be dragged off as captives; your good times will end.

Amos 7:11

Here is what he is saying: ‘Jeroboam will be put to death, and the people will be taken to a foreign country.’ ”

Amos 8:1

The LORD God showed me a basket of ripe fruit

Amos 9:1

I saw a vision of the LORD standing by the temple altar, and he said, “Shake the columns until the tops fall loose, and the doorposts crumble. Then make the pieces fall on the people below. I will take a sword and kill anyone who escapes.

Amos 9:8

My eyes have seen what a sinful nation you are, and I'll wipe you out. But I will leave a few of Jacob's descendants. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Micah 1:16

Judah, shave your head as bald as a vulture and start mourning. Your precious children will be dragged off to a foreign country.

Zechariah 14:2

But first, he will bring many nations to attack Jerusalem—homes will be robbed, women raped, and half of the population dragged off, though the others will be allowed to remain.