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Amos 7:11

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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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  1. 2 Kings 17:6Rank 1 from verse 11
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    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.

  2. Amos 6:7–8Rank 2 from verse 11
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    7¶ Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.

    8The Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the Lord the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.

  3. Amos 7:9Rank 3 from verse 11
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    9And 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.

  4. Psalms 56:5Rank 4 from verse 11
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    5Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

  5. Acts 6:14Rank 5 from verse 11
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    14For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.

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Amos 7:11

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

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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.

11For 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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12Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

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