Amos 7:13

New Century Version

but don't prophesy anymore here at Bethel. This is the king's holy place, and it is the nation's temple."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but don’t ever prophesy at Bethel again, for it is the king’s sanctuary and a royal temple.”

Hebrew Names Version
but don't prophesy again any more at Beit-El; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house!"

King James Version (1611)
But prophecie not againe any more at Beth-el: for it is the Kings Chappell, and it is the Kings Court.

King James Version
But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.

English Standard Version
but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom."

New American Standard Bible
"But do not prophesy at Bethel any longer, for it is a sanctuary of the king and a royal residence."

Amplified Bible
"But do not prophesy any longer at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary and a royal residence."

Geneva Bible (1587)
But prophecie no more at Beth-el: for it is the Kings chappel, and it is the Kings court.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But no longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a sanctuary of the king and a royal residence."

Legacy Standard Bible
But no longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a sanctuary of the king and a royal house."

Berean Standard Bible
But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom."

Contemporary English Version
Don't do any more preaching at Bethel. The king worships here at our national temple."

Complete Jewish Bible
but don't prophesy any more at Beit-El; for this is the king's sanctuary, a royal temple."

Darby Translation
But prophesy not again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.

Easy-to-Read Version
But don't prophesy anymore here at Bethel. This is Jeroboam's holy place. This is Israel's temple."

George Lamsa Translation
But prophesy, not again any more at Beth-el; for it is the kings sanctuary and it is the house of the kingdom.

Good News Translation
Don't prophesy here at Bethel any more. This is the king's place of worship, the national temple."

Lexham English Bible
But do not prophesy again at Bethel, because this is a sanctuary of a king and this is a temple of a kingdom."

Literal Translation
But do not again prophesy at Bethel any more, for it is the king's holy place, and it is the royal house.

American Standard Version
but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house.

Bible in Basic English
But be a prophet no longer at Beth-el: for it is the holy place of the king, and the king's house.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house.'

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But prophecie no more at Bethel: for it is the kinges chappell, & it is the kinges court.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
but thou shalt no longer prophesy at Bethel: for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is the royal house.

English Revised Version
but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house.

World English Bible
but don't prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house!"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt no more put to, that thou profesie in Bethel, for it is the halewyng of the king, and is the hous of the rewme.

Update Bible Version
but don't prophesy again anymore at Beth-el; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house.

Webster's Bible Translation
But prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it [is] the king's chapel, and it [is] the king's court.

New English Translation
Don't prophesy at Bethel any longer, for a royal temple and palace are here!"

New King James Version
But never again prophesy at Bethel, For it is the king's sanctuary, And it is the royal residence."

New Living Translation
Don't bother us with your prophecies here in Bethel. This is the king's sanctuary and the national place of worship!"

New Life Bible
But never speak about your special dreams again at Bethel. For it is a holy place of the king, a place where the nation worships."

New Revised Standard
but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, at Bethel, not again, any more, mayest thou prophesy, - for, the holy place of the king, it is, and, the house of the kingdom, it is.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But prophesy not again any more in Bethel: because it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.

Revised Standard Version
but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom."

Young's Literal Translation
and [at] Beth-El do not add to prophesy any more, for it [is] the king's sanctuary, and it [is] the royal house.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and prophecy nomore at Bethel, for it is the kynges chapel, and the kynges courte.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ Amaziah, a priest at Bethel, sent this message to Jeroboam king of Israel: "Amos is making evil plans against you with the people of Israel. He has been speaking so much that this land can't hold all his words. ¹¹ This is what Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and the people of Israel will be taken as captives out of their own country.'" ¹² Then Amaziah said to Amos, "Seer, go back right now to Judah. Do your prophesying and earn your living there, ¹³ but don't prophesy anymore here at Bethel. This is the king's holy place, and it is the nation's temple." ¹⁴ Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I do not make my living as a prophet, nor am I a member of a group of prophets. I make my living as a shepherd, and I take care of sycamore trees. ¹⁵ But the Lord took me away from tending the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.' ¹⁶ So listen to the Lord 's word. You tell me, ‘Don't prophesy against Israel, and stop prophesying against the descendants of Isaac.' ¹⁷ "Because you have said this, the Lord says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will be killed with swords. Other people will measure your land and divide it among themselves, and you will die in a foreign country. The people of Israel will definitely be taken from their own land as captives.'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

prophesy: Amos 2:12, Acts 4:17, Acts 4:18, Acts 5:28, Acts 5:40

for: 1 Kings 12:29, 1 Kings 12:32, 1 Kings 13:1

chapel: or, sanctuary

king's court: Heb. house of the kingdom

Reciprocal: Exodus 10:28 - for in that 1 Kings 19:3 - Beersheba 1 Kings 22:13 - Behold now 2 Kings 2:23 - Bethel 2 Kings 20:14 - What said 2 Chronicles 18:12 - Behold Isaiah 29:10 - the seers Isaiah 30:10 - say Isaiah 30:11 - you out Jeremiah 11:21 - Prophesy Jeremiah 22:1 - Go Jeremiah 29:27 - therefore Jeremiah 32:3 - Wherefore Amos 2:11 - and Amos 7:16 - Prophesy Micah 2:6 - Prophesy ye Luke 13:31 - Get

Cross-References

Genesis 5:32
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 6:10
He had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 6:18
But I will make an agreement with you—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives will all go into the boat.

Genesis 7:1
Then the Lord said to Noah, "I have seen that you are the best person among the people of this time, so you and your family can go into the boat.

Genesis 7:2
Take with you seven pairs, each male with its female, of every kind of clean animal, and take one pair, each male with its female, of every kind of unclean animal.

Genesis 7:4
Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth. It will rain forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe off from the earth every living thing that I have made."

Genesis 7:7
He and his wife and his sons and their wives went into the boat to escape the waters of the flood.

Genesis 7:9
came to Noah. They went into the boat in groups of two, male and female, just as God had commanded Noah.

Genesis 7:18
The water continued to rise, and the boat floated on it above the earth.

Genesis 7:19
The water rose so much that even the highest mountains under the sky were covered by it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But prophesy not again any more at Bethel,.... He might prophesy any where, if he did not there, for what the priest cared, that so his honour and interest were not hurt. The reasons he gave were,

for it [is] the king's chapel; or "sanctuary" i; where a temple was built for the idol calf, and where the king worshipped it, and attended all other religious service:

and it [is] the king's court; or "the house of the kingdom" k; the seat of it, where the king had a royal palace, and sometimes resided here, and kept his court, as well as at Samaria; often coming hither to worship, it being nearer to him than Dan, where the other calf was placed; intimating hereby that the king would never suffer such a troublesome man as he to be so near him; and by prophesying to interrupt him, either in his religious or civil affairs; and therefore advises him by all means to depart, if he had any regard to his life or peace.

i מקדש "sanctuarium", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Mercerus, Junius Tremellius. Piscator, Drusius, Cocceius. k ובית ממלכה הוא "et domus regni est", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus, Cocceius "domus regia", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is the king’s chapel - Better, as in the English margin, “sanctuary.” It is the name for “the sanctuary” of God. “Let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them” Exodus 25:8. “Ye shall reverence My sanctuary: I am the Lord” Leviticus 19:30; Leviticus 26:2. It is most often spoken of as, “The sanctuary” ; elsewhere, but always with emphasis, of reverence, sanctity, devotion, protection, it is called “His sanctuary; My sanctuary; Thy sanctuary; the sanctuary of the Lord of God, of his God ; whence God Himself is called “a sanctuary” Isaiah 8:14; Ezekiel 11:16, as a place of refuge. In three places only, is it called the sanctuary of Israel; “her sanctuary.” God, in His threat to cast them off, says, “I will bring your sanctuaries to desolation” Leviticus 26:31; Jeremiah laments, “the pagan have entered into her sanctuary” Lamentations 1:10; he says, “the place of our sanctuary is a glorious high throne from the beginning” Jeremiah 17:12, inasmuch as God was enthroned there.

In this case too it is “the sanctuary for” Israel, not a mere property of Israel. “The sanctuary of God” could not he called the sanctuary of any man. One man could not so appropriate “the sanctuary.” God had ordained it for Himself. His presence had sanctified it. Heresy, in unconsciousness, lets out more truth than it means. A high priest at Jerusalem could not have said this. He knew that “the temple” was the “sanctuary” of God, and could not have called it the “king’s sanctuary.” The sanctuary at Bethel had no other sanction, than what it had from the king. Jeroboam I consecrated it and its priests 1 Kings 12:31-33; and from him it and they had their authority. Amaziah wished to use a popular plea to rid himself of Amos. Bethel was “the king’s sanctuary and the house,” not of God, but “of the kingdom,” that is, “the house,” which had the whole royal sanction, which with its Worship was the creature of royal authority, bound up in one with the kingdom, and belonging to it.

Or it may be, “a royal house,” (not a palace, or court, for the king’s palace was at Samaria, but) “a royal temple,” the state-Church. So the Arians betrayed their worldliness by dating one of their Creeds from the Roman Consuls of the year, its month and day” , thereby to show all thinking people, that their faith dates, not of old but now.” Their faith was of yesterday. “They are accustomed to say,” says Jerome, “the Emperor communicates with us, and, if anyone resists them, immediately they calumniate. ‘Actest thou against the Emperor? Despisest thou the Emperor’s mandate?’ And yet we may think, that many Christian kings who have persecuted the Church of God, and essayed to establish the Arian impiety in the whole world, surpass in guilt Jeroboam king of Israel. He despised the message of a false priest, nor would he make any answer to his suggestions. But these, with their many Amaziahpriests, have slain Amos the prophet and the priest of the Lord by hunger and penury, dungeons and exile.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Amos 7:13. But prophesy not - at Beth-el — He must not speak against idolatry, because that was the king's religion; and he who speaks against the king's religion must be an enemy to the state. This was the doctrine held in England by popish James II. and his insidious Jesuit hireling priests, till God in his mercy put this pitiful tyrant down, and with him his false prophets, and the degrading superstition which they endeavoured to establish in these lands.