¹⁰Then Amaziah, the priest at Bethel, sent a message to King Jeroboam of Israel. It read, “Amos is plotting against you among the people of Israel. The country isn’t able to endure everything he is saying. ¹¹Amos says that Jeroboam will be killed with a sword and that Israel cannot avoid being taken from its land into exile.”

¹²Then Amaziah said to Amos, “You seer,^arun away to Judah! Eat there, and prophesy there! ¹³But don’t ⸤ever⸥ prophesy again in Bethel, because this is the king’s holy place and the king’s palace.”

¹⁴Amos responded, “I’m not a prophet, and I’m not a disciple of the prophets. I am a rancher and a grower of figs. ¹⁵But the Lord took me away from herding the flock and said to me, ‘Prophesy to my people Israel.’

¹⁶“Now listen to the Lord’s word: You said, ‘Stop prophesying against Israel, and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.’

¹⁷“However, this is what the Lord says: Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will be killed with swords. Your land will be surveyed and divided up, and you will die in an unclean^bland. Israel cannot avoid being taken from its land into exile.”

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Footnotes

a 7:12 A seer is a prophet.
b 7:17 “Unclean” refers to anything that Moses’ Teachings say is not presentable to God.