9. the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate,and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste,and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
10. Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.
11. For thus Amos has said,“‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword,and Israel must go into exileaway from his land.’”
12. And Amaziah said to Amos, “O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there,
13. but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”
14. Then 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.
15. But the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’