Legacy Standard Bible

Amos 7:10-17

Amos Accused

10Then 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. 11For thus Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’” 12Then Amaziah said to Amos, “aGo, you seer, flee away to the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and there do your prophesying! 13But ano longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a bsanctuary of the king and a royal house.”
14Then Amos answered and said 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. 15But Yahweh took me from 1following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go aprophesy to My people Israel.’ 16So now, hear the word of Yahweh: you are saying, ‘You ashall not prophesy against Israel, bnor shall you drip out words against the house of Isaac.’ 17Therefore, thus says Yahweh, ‘Your awife will play the harlot in the city, your bsons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be divided up by a measuring line, and you yourself will die 1upon cunclean land. Moreover, Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”