12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer!af Flee to the land of Judah. Earn your livingG and give your prophecies there, 13 but don’t ever prophesyag at Bethel again, for it is the king’s sanctuaryah and a royal temple.”

14 So Amos answered Amaziah, “I wasH not a prophet or the son of a prophet;I,ai rather, I wasH a herdsman,aj and I took care of sycamore figs. 15 But the Lord took me from following the flockak and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ ”al