Amos 7:9-16

9So the high places of Isaac will become desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste, and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”

10Then Amaziah, the priest of Beth-el, sent word to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying: “Amos has been conspiring against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot endure all his words.

11For this is what Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go captive from his land.’”

12Then Amaziah said to Amos: “Seer, go away! Flee back to the land of Judah. Eat bread there, and prophesy there.

13But at Bethel you are not to prophesy any more—for it is a royal sanctuary and a house of the kingdom.”

14So Amos responded and said to Amaziah: “I am no prophet, nor am I a son of a prophet. Rather, I am a shepherd tending fig trees.

15But Adonai took me from following the flock and Adonai said to me: ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’

16So now, hear the word of Adonai: You are saying, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel and do not preach against the house of Isaac.’