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

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Amos 7 contains 17 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.