Amos 7:12

"For Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’”"

Key Reflection

This prophecy foretells the impending judgment on Jeroboam, who ruled Israel, indicating his death by violence and the subsequent captivity of the people. It underscores God's sovereignty in bringing about historical consequences for leadership that strays from divine will.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Jeroboam apparently took no account of the false priest’s message. Perhaps the memory of the true prophecies of Elisha as to the successes of his father, and of Jonah as to his own, fulfilled in his own person and still recent, inspired him with a reverence for God’s prophets. To know his motive or motives, we must know his whole character, which we do not. Amaziah, failing of his purpose, uses his name as far as he dares. “Seer, go flee thee.” He probably uses the old title for a prophet, in reference to the visions which he had just related. Perhaps, he used it in irony also .

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