Amos 7:12-17
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Chapter 7
12And Amaziah said to Amos, "O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there, 13but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king 's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom."
14Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, "I was no prophet, nor a prophet 's son, but I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs.
15But the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
16Now therefore hear the word of the Lord. "You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.’
