12. Then Amaziah told me, “Amos, take your visions and get out! Go back to Judah and earn your living there as a prophet.
13. Don't do any more preaching at Bethel. The king worships here at our national temple.”
14. I answered:I'm not a prophet! And I wasn't trained to be a prophet. I am a shepherd, and I take care of fig trees.
15. But the Lord told me to leave my herds and preach to the people of Israel.
16. And here you are, telling me not to preach!
17. Now, listen to what the Lord says about you:Your wife will becomea prostitute in the city,your sons and daughterswill be killed in war,and your land will be dividedamong others.You will die in a countryof foreigners,and the people of Israelwill be draggedfrom their homeland.