Amos 7:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”

Amos 7:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Amos 7:9 in 6 Bible Translations

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Amos 7:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.””

Amos 7:9 — World English Bible

Amos 7:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“and the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. ”

Amos 7:9 — American Standard Version

Amos 7:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And desolated have been high places of Isaac, And sanctuaries of Israel are wasted, And I have risen against the house of Jeroboam with a sword.'”

Amos 7:9 — Young's Literal Translation

Amos 7:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the high places of Isaac shall be desolated, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will arise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. ”

Amos 7:9 — Darby Translation

Amos 7:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And the hye places of Izhak shalbe desolate, and the temples of Israel shalbe destroyed: and I wil rise against the house of Ieroboam with the sworde.”

Amos 7:9 — Geneva Bible

Amos 7:9 in Context — Amos 7

7 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

8 And the Lord said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:

9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

10 Then Amaziah the priest of Beth–el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

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

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What Does Amos 7:9 Mean?

Amos 7:9 is a verse from the Book of Amos, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Amos chapter 7. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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