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Lexicon :: Strong's H5012 - nāḇā'

Aa
נָבָא
Transliteration
nāḇā'
Pronunciation
naw-baw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1277

Strong’s Definitions

נָבָא nâbâʼ, naw-baw'; a primitive root; to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse):—prophesy(-ing), make self a prophet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 115x

The KJV translates Strong's H5012 in the following manner: prophesy (111x), prophesying (2x), prophet (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 115x
The KJV translates Strong's H5012 in the following manner: prophesy (111x), prophesying (2x), prophet (2x).

  1. to prophesy

    1. (Niphal)

      1. to prophesy

        1. under influence of divine spirit

        2. of false prophets

    2. (Hithpael)

      1. to prophesy

        1. under influence of divine spirit

        2. of false prophets

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָבָא nâbâʼ, naw-baw'; a primitive root; to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse):—prophesy(-ing), make self a prophet.
STRONGS H5012: Abbreviations
† [נָבָא] verb denominative prophesy (in oldest forms, of religious ecstasy with or without song and music; later, essentially religious instruction, with occasional predictions); —
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִבֵּא Jeremiah 20:1 + 7 times; 2nd person masculine singular נִבֵּאתָ Jeremiah 20:6 + 2 times; נִבֵּיתָ Jeremiah 26:9; 1st person singular נִבֵּאתִי Ezekiel 37:7; 3rd person plural נִבֵּאוּ Jeremiah 2:8 + 3 times; נִבָּ֑אוּ Jeremiah 23:21; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִנָּבֵא Amos 3:8 + 9 times Imperfect; Imperative הִנָּבֵא Amos 7:15 + 27 times; Infinitive הִנָּבֵא Amos 7:13; suffix הִנָּֽבְאוֹ Zechariah 13:3; הִנָּֽבְאֹתוֹ Zechariah 13:4, + 4 times Infinitive; Participle נִבָּא Jeremiah 26:18 + 20 times Participle; —
1. prophesy under influence of divine spirit:
a. in the ecstatic state, with song 1 Samuel 10:11; 1 Samuel 19:20 and music 1 Chronicles 25:1, 1 Chronicles 25:2, 1 Chronicles 25:3.
b. the word of י׳ : absolute Amos 2:12; Amos 3:8 (emended יחרד We Now needless), Amos 7:12, Amos 7:13; Joel 3:1 [Joel 2:28]; Jeremiah 19:14; Jeremiah 26:18; Jeremiah 28:9; Jeremiah 32:3; Ezekiel 11:13; Ezekiel 12:27; Ezekiel 21:19 [Ezekiel 21:14]; Ezekiel 37:7; Ezekiel 38:17 but especially in phrase הִנָּבֵא וֶאַמַדְתָּ Ezekiel 12:27; Ezekiel 21:14; Ezekiel 21:33 [Ezekiel 21:28]; Ezekiel 30:2; Ezekiel 34:2; Ezekiel 36:3; Ezekiel 37:7, Ezekiel 37:12; Ezekiel 38:14, Ezekiel 38:17; with accusative Jeremiah 20:1; Jeremiah 25:30; Jeremiah 28:6; followed by עַל against Amos 7:16; Jeremiah 25:13; Jeremiah 26:20; Ezekiel 4:7; Ezekiel 11:4; Ezekiel 13:17; Ezekiel 25:2; Ezekiel 28:21; Ezekiel 29:2; Ezekiel 34:2; Ezekiel 35:2; Ezekiel 36:6; Ezekiel 38:2; Ezekiel 39:1; unto Ezekiel 37:4; אֶל unto Amos 7:15; Jeremiah 26:11, Jeremiah 26:12; Jeremiah 28:8; Ezekiel 36:1; Ezekiel 37:9; against Ezekiel 6:2; Ezekiel 13:2; Ezekiel 21:2; Ezekiel 21:7 [Ezekiel 21:2]; בְּשֵׁם י׳ Jeremiah 11:21; Jeremiah 14:15; Jeremiah 23:25; Jeremiah 26:9.
2. of false prophets: absolute Jeremiah 23:21; Ezekiel 13:2; Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse); Zechariah 13:4; with accusative 1 Kings 22:12 2 Chronicles 18:11; שֶׁקֶר Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 23:25; Jeremiah 27:10, Jeremiah 27:14, Jeremiah 27:16; Jeremiah 29:21; לַשָּׁ֑קֶר Jeremiah 27:15; בַּשֶּׁקֶר Jeremiah 5:31; Jeremiah 20:6; Jeremiah 29:9; נִבְּאֵי הַשּׁ׳ Jeremiah 23:26; compare Jeremiah 23:32; with לֵ Jeremiah 14:16; Jeremiah 23:16; Jeremiah 27:15, Jeremiah 27:16; Jeremiah 29:31; Jeremiah 37:19; followed by אֶל concerning Ezekiel 13:16.
3. compare heathen prophets, בַּבַּעַל Jeremiah 2:8.
Hithp. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular הִתְנַבִּיתָ 1 Samuel 10:16 ; 1st person singular הִנַּבֵּאתִי Ezekiel 37:10; Imperfect יִתְנַבֵּא 1 Samuel 10:10 + 7 times; 3rd person masculine plural יִתְנַבְּאוּ Numbers 11:25 + 5 times; Imperative הִנַּבְּאוּ Jeremiah 23:13; Infinitive הִתְנַבּוֺת 1 Samuel 10:13; Participle מִתְנַבֵּא Jeremiah 26:20 + 9 times Participle; —
1. Prophesy under influence of divine spirit:
a. in the ecstatic state Numbers 11:25, Numbers 11:26, Numbers 11:27 (J), with music 1 Samuel 10:5, 1 Samuel 10:6, 1 Samuel 10:10, 1 Samuel 10:13, in frenzy 1 Samuel 19:20,1 Samuel 19:21 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 19:23, 1 Samuel 19:24; excited to violence 1 Samuel 18:10 (= מְשֻׁגָּע mad 2 Kings 9:11); Jeremiah 29:26.
b. apart from ecstatic state, absolute Ezekiel 37:10, with לְ 1 Kings 22:8; Jeremiah 29:27; על 1 Kings 22:18 2 Chronicles 18:17, 2 Chronicles 18:7; 2 Chronicles 20:37; בְּשֵׁם י׳ Jeremiah 26:20.
2. of heathen prophets of Baal in ecstatic state 1 Kings 18:29; בַּבַּעַל Jeremiah 23:13.
3. of false prophets 1 Kings 22:10 2 Chronicles 18:9; Jeremiah 14:14; Ezekiel 13:17.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5013.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

11:25; 11:25; 11:26; 11:27

1 Samuel

10:5; 10:6; 10:10; 10:10; 10:11; 10:13; 10:13; 10:16; 18:10; 19:20; 19:20; 19:21; 19:23; 19:24

1 Kings

18:29; 22:8; 22:10; 22:12; 22:18

2 Kings

9:11

1 Chronicles

25:1; 25:2; 25:3

2 Chronicles

18:7; 18:9; 18:11; 18:17; 20:37

Jeremiah

2:8; 2:8; 5:31; 11:21; 14:14; 14:14; 14:15; 14:16; 19:14; 20:1; 20:1; 20:6; 20:6; 23:13; 23:13; 23:16; 23:21; 23:21; 23:25; 23:25; 23:26; 23:32; 25:13; 25:30; 26:9; 26:9; 26:11; 26:12; 26:18; 26:18; 26:20; 26:20; 26:20; 27:10; 27:14; 27:15; 27:15; 27:16; 27:16; 28:6; 28:8; 28:9; 29:9; 29:21; 29:26; 29:27; 29:31; 32:3; 37:19

Ezekiel

4:7; 6:2; 11:4; 11:13; 12:27; 12:27; 13:2; 13:2; 13:16; 13:17; 13:17; 21:2; 21:2; 21:14; 21:14; 21:28; 25:2; 28:21; 29:2; 30:2; 34:2; 34:2; 35:2; 36:1; 36:3; 36:6; 37:4; 37:7; 37:7; 37:7; 37:9; 37:10; 37:10; 37:12; 38:2; 38:14; 38:17; 38:17; 39:1

Joel

2:28

Amos

2:12; 3:8; 3:8; 7:12; 7:13; 7:13; 7:15; 7:15; 7:16

Zechariah

13:3; 13:3; 13:4; 13:4

H5012

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Strong's Number H5012 matches the Hebrew נָבָא (nāḇā'),
which occurs 115 times in 102 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Jer 27:15–Amo 7:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:15 - “for I have not sent them,” says the LORD, “yet they prophesy a lie in My name, that I may drive you out, and that you may perish, you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:16 - Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, “Behold, the vessels of the LORD’s house will now shortly be brought back from Babylon”; for they prophesy a lie to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:6 - and the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! The LORD do so; the LORD perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring back the vessels of the LORD’s house and all who were carried away captive, from Babylon to this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:8 - “The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries and great kingdoms—of war and disaster and pestilence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:9 - “As for the prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet comes to pass, the prophet will be known as one whom the LORD has truly sent.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:9 - For they prophesy falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:21 - Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in My name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:26 - “The LORD has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, so that there should be officers in the house of the LORD over every man who is demented and considers himself a prophet, that you should put him in prison and in the stocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:27 - Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who makes himself a prophet to you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:31 - Send to all those in captivity, saying, Thus says the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I have not sent him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:3 - For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:19 - “Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:7 - “Therefore you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem; your arm shall be uncovered, and you shall prophesy against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:2 - “Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:4 - “Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13 - Now it happened, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried with a loud voice, and said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:27 - “Son of man, look, the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of times far off.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:2 - “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy out of their own heart, ‘Hear the word of the LORD!’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:16 - ‘that is, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace,’ ” says the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:17 - “Likewise, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own heart; prophesy against them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:46 - “Son of man, set your face toward the south; preach against the south and prophesy against the forest land, the South,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:2 - “Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, preach against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:9 - “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the LORD!’ Say:

‘A sword, a sword is sharpened
And also polished!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:14 - “You therefore, son of man, prophesy,
And strike your hands together.
The third time let the sword do double damage.
It is the sword that slays,
The sword that slays the great men,
That enters their private chambers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28 - “And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach,’ and say:

‘A sword, a sword is drawn,
Polished for slaughter,
For consuming, for flashing—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:2 - “Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:21 - “Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:2 - “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:2 - “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD:

“Wail, ‘Woe to the day!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:2 - “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD to the shepherds: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:2 - “Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:1 - “And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:3 - “therefore prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because they made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you are taken up by the lips of talkers and slandered by the people”—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:6 - “Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, and the valleys, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and My fury, because you have borne the shame of the nations.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:4 - Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:7 - So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:9 - Also He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:10 - So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:12 - “Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:2 - “Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh,[fn] Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:14 - “Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “On that day when My people Israel dwell safely, will you not know it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:17 - ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Are you he of whom I have spoken in former days by My servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied for years in those days that I would bring you against them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:1 - “And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh,[fn] Meshech, and Tubal;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:28 - “And it shall come to pass afterward
That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your old men shall dream dreams,
Your young men shall see visions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:12 - “But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,
And commanded the prophets saying,
‘Do not prophesy!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:8 - A lion has roared!
Who will not fear?
The Lord GOD has spoken!
Who can but prophesy?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:12 - Then Amaziah said to Amos:

“Go, you seer!
Flee to the land of Judah.
There eat bread,
And there prophesy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:13 - But never again prophesy at Bethel,
For it is the king’s sanctuary,
And it is the royal residence.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:15 - Then the LORD took me as I followed the flock,
And the LORD said to me,
‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:16 - Now therefore, hear the word of the LORD:
You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel,
And do not spout against the house of Isaac.’

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