Amos 7:17 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁷ But the Lord says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute {\cf2\super [96]} in the city. Your sons and daughters will be killed with swords. Other people will take your land and divide it among themselves. And you will die in a foreign {\cf2\super [97]} country. The people of Israel will definitely be taken from this country as prisoners.’”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Therefore thus says the Lord: Your wife shall be a harlot in the city and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided up by line; you yourself shall die in an unclean and defiled land, and Israel shall surely go forth out of his land into exile.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou thyself shalt die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ “Therefore, the LORD proclaims: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, and your land will be measured and divided up; you yourself will die in an unclean land, and Israel will surely be taken away from its land.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Because of that, the Lord says this: "Your wife will fornicate in the city, and your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, and your soil will be measured with a string. And you will die on polluted land, and Israel will be taken into captivity out of their land."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Therefore thus saith the Lord: Thy wife shall play the harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be measured by a line: and thou shalt die in a polluted land, and Israel shall go into captivity out of their land.

Amos 7:17 Tagairtí Cros

2 Kings 17:6

The king of Assyria took Samaria during the ninth year that Hoshea was king of Israel. The king of Assyria captured many Israelites and took them as prisoners to Assyria. He made them live in Halah by the Habor River at Gozan and in other cities of the Medes.

Psalm 78:55

God forced the other nations\par to leave that land.\par God gave each family its share of the land.\par God gave each family group of Israel\par its home to live in.\par

Isaiah 13:16

Everything in their houses will be stolen. Their wives will be raped. And their little children will be beaten to death while the people are watching.

Jeremiah 14:16

And the people those prophets spoke to will be thrown into the streets. Those people will die from hunger and from an enemy’s sword. No person will be there to bury those people, or their wives or their sons or daughters. I will punish them.

Jeremiah 20:6

And Pashhur, you and all the people living in your house will be taken away. You will be forced to go and live in the country of Babylon. You will die in Babylon. And you will be buried in that foreign country. You preached lies to your friends. \{You said these things would not happen.\} But all of your friends will also die and be buried in Babylon.’”

Jeremiah 28:12

Then the message of the Lord came to Jeremiah. This happened after Hananiah had taken the yoke {\cf2\super [224]} off of Jeremiah’s neck and had broken it.

Jeremiah 28:16

So this is what the Lord says, ‘Soon I will take you from this world, Hananiah. You will die this year. Why? Because you taught the people to turn against the Lord.’”

Jeremiah 29:21

The Lord All-Powerful says this about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah: “These two men have been preaching lies to you. They have said that their message is from me. \{But they were lying.\} I will give those two prophets to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And Nebuchadnezzar will kill those prophets in front of all you people that are captives in Babylon.

Jeremiah 29:25

The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: “Shemaiah, you sent letters to all the people in Jerusalem. And you sent letters to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. You also sent letters to all the priests. You sent those letters in your own name and not by the authority of the Lord.

Lamentations 5:11

The enemy raped the women of Zion. {\cf2\super [35]} \par They raped the women\par in the cities of Judah.\par

Ezekiel 4:13

Then the Lord said, “This will show that the family of Israel will eat unclean bread {\cf2\super [40]} in foreign countries. And I forced them to leave Israel and go to those countries!

Hosea 9:3

The Israelites will not stay in the Lord’s land. Ephraim will return to Egypt. In Assyria they will eat food that they should not eat.

Amos 6:7

Those people are stretched out on their couches now. But their good times will end. They will be taken away like prisoners to a foreign country. And they will be some of the first people taken.

Amos 7:11

Amos has said, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and the people of Israel will be taken as prisoners out of their country.’”

Amos 8:1

The Lord showed me this: \{I\} saw a basket of summer fruit.

Amos 9:1

This is the vision {\cf2\super [1]} of Obadiah. The Lord my Master says this about Edom: {\cf2\super [2]}

Amos 9:8

The Lord my Master is watching\par the sinful kingdom (Israel).\par The Lord said,\par “I will wipe \{Israel\} off the face of the earth.\par But I will never completely destroy\par Jacob’s family.\par

Micah 1:16

So cut off your hair,\par make yourself bald. {\cf2\super [28]} \par Why? Because \{you will cry for\}\par the children you love.\par Make yourself bald like an eagle {\cf2\super [29]} \par \{and show your sadness\}.\par Why? Because your children\par will be taken away from you.\par

Zechariah 14:2

I will bring all the nations together to fight against Jerusalem. They will capture the city and destroy the houses. The women will be raped, and half of the people will be taken away as prisoners. But the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.