Amos 7:10–17
10 Then Amaziah, the apriest of Bethel, sent word to bJeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has cconspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words.
11 “For thus Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’ ”
12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, “aGo, you seer, flee away to the land of Judah and there eat bread and there do your prophesying!
13 “But ano longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a bsanctuary of the king and a royal 1residence.”
14 Then Amos replied to Amaziah, “I am not a prophet, nor am I the ason of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a 1grower of sycamore figs.
15 “But the Lord took me from 1following the flock and the Lord said to me, ‘Go aprophesy to My people Israel.’
16 “Now hear the word of the Lord: you are saying, ‘You ashall not prophesy against Israel bnor shall you 1speak against the house of Isaac.’
17 “Therefore, thus says the Lord, ‘Your awife will become a harlot in the city, your bsons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line and you yourself will die 1upon cunclean soil. Moreover, Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’ ”