Mar 20, 2024
10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel: “Amos is raising a conspiracy against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words. 11 For this is what Amos is saying:
“‘Jeroboam will die by
the sword,
and Israel will surely go into
exile,
away from their native land.’”
12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there. 13 Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom.”
14 Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. 15 But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ 16 Now then, hear the word of the Lord. You say,
“‘Do not prophesy
against Israel,
and stop preaching against the descendants of
Isaac.’
17 “Therefore this is what the Lord says:
“‘Your wife will
become a prostitute in the city,
and your sons and daughters will fall by the
sword.
Your land will be measured and divided
up,
and you yourself will die in a pagan[a] country.
And Israel will surely go into
exile,
away from their native land.’”