Amos 7:16

“Now therefore hear thou the word of the Lord, etc.] Which I have from him concerning thee, and which he has pronounced upon thee and thy family: thou sayest, prophesy not against Israel; when God has bid me prophesy: and drop not [thy word] against the house of Isaac; say nothing against it, though in ever so soft and gentle a manner: it designs the same thing as before, only in different words; and is a prohibition of the prophet to prophesy against the ten tribes that descended from Isaac, in the line of Jacob. So the Targum paraphrases it, “thou shalt not teach against the house of Isaac;” or deliver out any prophecy or doctrine that is against them, or threatens them with any calamity.…”

“drop--distil as the refreshing drops of rain (Deu 32:2; Eze 21:2; compare Mic 2:6, Mic 2:11).”

“Amaziah then was in direct rebellion and contradiction against God. He was in an office forbidden by God. God’s word came to him. He had his choice; and, as people do, when entangled in evil courses, he chose the more consciously amiss. He had to resign his lucrative office and to submit to God speaking to him through a shepherd, or to stand in direct opposition to God, and to confront God; and in silencing Amos, he would silence God. But, like one who would arrest the lightning, he draws it on his own head. Amos contrasts the word of Amaziah, and the word of God; Rup.: “Hear thou the word of the Lord; Thou sayest; prophesy not against Israel. Therefore thus saith the Lord.” Not only will I…”

“The house of Isaac - The posterity of Isaac. Amos 7:17”

“7:16 against my people (literally against the house of Isaac): Isaac represents all Israel (see also study note on 7:9; cp. 5:6, 15; 6:6).”

“hear: Sa1 15:16; Kg1 22:19; Jer 28:15-17 Prophesy: Amo 7:13; Isa 30:10; Mic 2:6 and drop: Deu 32:2; Eze 20:46, Eze 21:2 Amos 7:17”

“In return for this rebellion against Jehovah, Amos foretels to the priest the punishment which will fall upon him when the judgment shall come upon Israel, meeting his words, "Thou sayst, Thou shalt not prophesy," with the keen retort, "Thus saith Jehovah." הטּיף, to drip, applied to prophesying here and at Mic 2:6, Mic 2:11, and Eze 21:2, Eze 21:7, is taken from Deu 32:2, "My teaching shall drip as the rain," etc. Isaac (yishâq) for Israel, as in Amo 7:9. The punishment is thus described in Amo 7:17 : "Thy wife will be a harlot in the city," i.e., at the taking of the city she will become a harlot through violation. His children would also be slain by the foe, and his landed possession…”