Amaziah (Book of Amos)
Amaziah was an idolatrous priest of Bethel (Amos 7,10–17), who lived during the reign of Jeroboam II of the Kingdom of Samaria.
Quotes
[edit]- (To Jeroboam II) Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. For thus Amos has said:
‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
And Israel shall surely be led away captive
From their own land."- Amos 7,10-11 (NKJV).
- (To Amos) Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah. Earn your living and give your prophecies there, but don’t ever prophesy at Bethel again, for it is the king’s sanctuary and a royal temple.”
- Amos 7,12-13 (NKJV).
Quotes about
[edit]- Now therefore, hear the word of the Lord: You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, And do not spout against the house of Isaac.’ "Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Your wife shall be a harlot in the city; Your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword; Your land shall be divided by survey line; You shall die in a defiled land; And Israel shall surely be led away captive From his own land.’ ”
- Amos in Amos 7,16-17 (NKJV).
