Amos

Amos Confronts Amaziah; Judgment on the King's House

Chapter 7

¹⁰ And Amaziah the priest of the house of God sent to Jeroboam king of Israel saying, "A conspiracy is against you, Amos, in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is not able to contain all his words." ¹¹ For thus Amos has said: "By the sword Jeroboam will die, and Israel will go into exile—he will exile them from upon his ground." ¹² And Amaziah said to Amos, "Seer, go flee to the land of Judah and eat bread there, and there you shall prophesy." ¹³ And do not continue to prophesy at Bethel anymore, for it is a sanctuary of the king, and it is a house of the kingdom. ¹⁴ He answered. Amos said to Amaziah, "I am not a prophet, nor am I a son of a prophet, for I am a cattleman and one who nips sycamore figs." ¹⁵ And the LORD took me from behind the flock, and the LORD said to me, "Go, prophesy to my people Israel." ¹⁶ Now hear the word of the LORD. You said, "Do not prophesy over Israel, and do not drip over the house of Isaac." ¹⁷ Therefore thus says the LORD: Your wife in the city will prostitute, and your sons and your daughters by the sword will fall, and your land by a measuring line will be divided, and you will die on unclean land, and Israel will go into exile from upon his land.

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