12. Amaziah also said to Amos, “You seer, go down to Judah and eat there. Do your prophesying there.
13. But don’t prophesy anymore here at Bethel. This is Jeroboam’s holy place. This is Israel’s temple.”
14. Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I am not a professional prophet, and I am not from a prophet’s family. I raise cattle and take care of sycamore trees.
15. I was a shepherd and the Lord took me from following the sheep. The Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
16. So listen to the Lord’S message. You tell me, ‘Don’t prophesy against Israel. Don’t speak against Isaac’s family.’
17. But the Lord says, ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city. Your sons and daughters will be killed with swords. Other people will take your land and divide it among themselves, and you will die in a foreign country. The people of Israel will definitely be taken from this country as prisoners.’”