[[Am-07]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Am-06]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Am-08]] --- ### I will set a plumb line in the middle of my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more. The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: God predicts the end of His patience with Israel, the destruction of their religious high places, and the violent termination of King Jeroboam II's dynasty. *Historical context*: The 'house of Jeroboam' refers to the dynasty of Jehu, of which Jeroboam II was the fourth king. This prophecy was fulfilled when Jeroboam's son and successor, Zechariah, was assassinated by Shallum after reigning for only six months ([[2 Kings-15#v8|2 Kings 15:8]]-12), effectively ending the dynasty. The desolation of the sanctuaries occurred during the Assyrian invasion of 722 BCE. *Related to*: ### Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Amos predicts the total conquest of the Northern Kingdom and the deportation of its population to a foreign land. *Historical context*: This prophecy was historically fulfilled in 722/721 BCE when the Assyrian Empire, under Shalmaneser V and Sargon II, captured Samaria (the capital of Israel) and deported the Israelites to various locations in Mesopotamia and Media, as recorded in [[2 Kings-17#v6|2 Kings 17:6]] and Assyrian royal annals. *Related to*: ### Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A specific judgment against Amaziah the priest for opposing God's word, predicting the total destruction of his family, the loss of his property, and his own death in exile. *Historical context*: While the Bible does not explicitly record the specific personal details of Amaziah's death, these conditions—sexual violation of the wives of the elite, the slaughter of children, the redistribution of land by conquerors, and the deportation of leaders to foreign ('unclean') lands—were the standard practices of the Assyrian military during the fall of Samaria in 722 BCE. *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy