Amos Accused
10 Then Amaziah
1the priest of Bethel sent to
2Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has
3conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.
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For thus Amos has said, "'Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and
4Israel must go into exile away from his land.'"
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And Amaziah said to Amos,
5"O seer, go, flee away
6to the land of Judah, and
7eat bread there, and prophesy there,
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but
8never again prophesy at Bethel, for
9it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom."
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Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah,
10"I was no prophet, nor a prophet's son, but
11I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs.
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12But the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'
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13Now therefore hear the word of the LORD. "You say,
14'Do not prophesy against Israel, and
15do not preach against the house of
16Isaac.'
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17Therefore thus says the LORD: "'Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land
18shall be divided up with a measuring line; you yourself shall die in an unclean land, and
19Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.'"