Amos 7:10-17
Amos 7:10-17 TPT
Then Amaziah the chief priest of Bethel sent the following message to Jeroboam king of Israel: “Amos has conspired against you in the very heart of Israel. We cannot stand his speeches! For Amos says, ‘Jeroboam is going to die by the sword, and Israel will go into captivity far from its native land.’ ” Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer. Why don’t you escape to Judah while there is time? You can always prophesy there and make your living. But don’t stay around here and prophesy at Bethel anymore. This is the national temple, the place where the king worships.” Amos replied, “I am not a prophet, nor am I one of the sons of the prophets. I am merely a rancher, and I cultivate fig trees. But one day, YAHWEH called me as I was managing my flocks and said to me, ‘Go and prophesy to my people Israel.’ “So now, Amaziah, listen to what YAHWEH says. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not prophesy doom on Isaac’s descendants!’ Very well. This is what YAHWEH says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the streets, and your sons and daughters will fall in battle. Your land will be measured, divided up, and given to others. And you yourself will die in a pagan land, and Israel will go into captivity far from its own land!’ ”
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