Amos 7:10–17

¹⁰Then Amaziah ⁱthe priest of ^kBeth-el sent to ^lJeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath ^mconspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able ⁿto bear all his words. ¹¹For thus Amos saith, ^hJeroboam shall die by the sword, and ^oIsrael shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.

¹²Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou ^pseer, go, flee thee away ^qinto the land of Judah, and there ^reat bread, and prophesy there: ¹³but ^sprophesy not again any more at ^kBeth-el: ^tfor it is the king’s ^uchapel, and it is the king’s court. ¹⁴Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, ^vI was no prophet, neither was I ^wa prophet’s son; but ^vI ^xwas a herdman, and a gatherer of ^ysycomore fruit: ¹⁵and the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

¹⁶Now therefore ^yyhear thou the word of the Lord:

Thou sayest, ^sProphesy not against Israel,

And ^zdrop not thy word against the house of ^aIsaac.

^17bTherefore thus saith the Lord;

^cThy wife shall be a harlot in the city,

And thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword,

And thy land ^dshall be divided by line;

And thou shalt die in ^ea polluted land:

And ^fIsrael shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.

VIII.