Amos 7 · Verse 17

Amos 7:17

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.
Amos 7:17, King James Version

Amos 7:17 in other translations

BSBTherefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
WEBTherefore the LORD says: ‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’”
ASVtherefore 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.
YLTtherefore 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.'
DARBYTherefore 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 with the line; and thou shalt die in a land that is unclean; and Israel shall certainly go into captivity, out of his land.
BBESo this is what the Lord has said: Your wife will be a loose woman in the town, and your sons and your daughters will be put to the sword, and your land will be cut up into parts by a line; and you yourself will come to your end in an unclean land, and Israel will certainly be taken away a prisoner out of his land.
WebsterTherefore thus saith the LORD; 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 shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go from his land into captivity.

What does Amos 7:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city--that is, shall be forced by the enemy, while thou art looking on, unable to prevent her dishonor (Is 13:16; La 5:11). The words, "saith THE Lord are in striking opposition to "Thou sayest" (Am 7:16). divided by line--among the foe. a polluted land--Israel regarded every foreign land as that which really her own land was now, "polluted" (Is 24:5; Jr 2:7).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 Thy wife shall be a harlot - As this was the word of the Lord, so it was fulfilled; but as we have no farther account of this idolatrous priest, so we cannot tell in what circumstances these threatenings were executed. 1. His wife was to be a public prostitute; she was probably such already privately in the temple, as the wife of an idolatrous priest. 2. His sons and daughters were to fall by the sword. 3. Their inheritance was to be taken by strangers. 4. And himself was to die a captive in a heathen land. Israel shall surety go into captivity - He now declares fully what he had not declared before, though Amaziah had made it a subject of accusation. This particular was probably revealed at this instant, as well as those which concerned Amaziah and his family.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Amos 7:10-17

It is no new thing for the accusers of the brethren, to misrepresent them as enemies to the king and kingdom, as traitors to their prince, and troublers of the land, when they are the best friends to both. Those who make gain their godliness, and are governed by the hopes of wealth and preferment, are ready to think these the most powerful motives with others also. But those who have a warrant from God, like Amos…

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Amos 7:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לָכֵ֞ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
כֹּה\־koh-thusH3541
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אִשְׁתְּךָ֞'ish.te.Khawife yourH802
בָּעִ֤ירba.'Irin the cityH5892
תִּזְנֶה֙tiz.Nehshe will be a prostituteH2181
וּבָנֶ֤יךָu.va.Nei.khaand sons yourH1121
וּבְנֹתֶ֙יךָ֙u.ve.no.Tei.khaand daughters yourH1323
בַּחֶ֣רֶבba.Che.revby the swordH2719
יִפֹּ֔לוּyi.Po.luthey will fallH5307
וְאַדְמָתְךָ֖ve.'ad.ma.te.Khaand land yourH127
בַּחֶ֣בֶלba.Che.velwith <the> measuring-lineH2256
תְּחֻלָּ֑קte.chu.Lakit will be dividedH2505
וְאַתָּ֗הve.'a.Tahand youH859
עַל\־'al-onH5921
אֲדָמָ֤ה'a.da.MahgroundH127
טְמֵאָה֙te.me.'AhuncleanH2931
תָּמ֔וּתta.Mutyou will dieH4191
וְיִ֨שְׂרָאֵ֔לve.Yis.ra.'Eland IsraelH3478
גָּלֹ֥הga.Lohcertainly <go into exile>H1540
יִגְלֶ֖הyig.Lehit will go into exileH1540
מֵעַ֥לme.'Alfrom onH5921
אַדְמָתֽוֹ\׃\ \ס'ad.ma.Toland itsH127

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Amos 7:17

  • Hosea 9:3

    They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

  • 2 Kings 17:6

    In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

  • Ezekiel 4:13

    And the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.

  • Jeremiah 28:16

    Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the Lord.

  • Hosea 4:13-14

    They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

  • Amos 7:11

    For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.

  • Jeremiah 29:31-32

    Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the Lord concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the Lord; because he hath taught rebellion against the Lord.

  • Isaiah 13:16

    Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

  • Jeremiah 29:21

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;

  • Jeremiah 36:27-32

    Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned. And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? Therefore thus saith the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. …

  • Lamentations 5:11

    They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

  • Jeremiah 28:12

    Then the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thy wife.
Isa 13:16; Jer 20:6; 28:12,16; 29:21,25,31,32; La 5:11; Ho 4:13,14
Zec 14:2
thy land.
Ps 78:55
die.
2Ki 17:6; Eze 4:13; Ho 9:3
and Israel.
11; Le 26:33-39; Jer 36:27-32

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Context

  • Amos 7:16

    Now therefore hear thou the word of the Lord: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.

  • Amos 7:17

    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.

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Amos 7:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová: Tu mujer fornicará en la ciudad, y tus hijos y tus hijas caerán á cuchillo, y tu tierra será partida por suertes; y tú morirás en tierra inmunda, é Israel será traspasado de su tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
C’est pourquoi, ainsi dit l’ Éternel: Ta femme se prostituera dans la ville, et tes fils et tes filles tomberont par l’épée, et ta terre sera partagée au cordeau, et tu mourras dans une terre impure, et Israël sera certainement transporté de dessus sa terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Darum spricht Jehova also: Dein Weib wird zur Hure werden in der Stadt, und deine Söhne und deine Töchter werden durchs Schwert fallen, und dein Land wird verteilt werden mit der Meßschnur, und du selbst wirst in einem unreinen Lande sterben; und Israel wird gewißlich aus seinem Lande weggeführt werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Propter hoc hæc dicit Dominus: Uxor tua in civitate fornicabitur, et filii tui et filiæ tuæ in gladio cadent, et humus tua funiculo metietur: et tu in terra polluta morieris, et Israël captivus migrabit de terra sua.