[7:10] Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, then sent a report to King Jeroboam of Israel: “Amos is plotting against you among the people. His speeches will destroy the country.
[7:11] This is what he says: ‘Jeroboam will die in battle, and the people of Israel will be taken away from their land into exile.’”
[7:12] Amaziah then said to Amos, “That's enough, prophet! Go on back to Judah and do your preaching there. Let them pay you for it.
[7:13] Don't prophesy here at Bethel any more. This is the king's place of worship, the national temple.”
[7:14] Amos answered, “I am not the kind of prophet who prophesies for pay. I am a herdsman, and I take care of fig trees.
[7:15] But the Lord took me from my work as a shepherd and ordered me to come and prophesy to his people Israel.
[7:16] So now listen to what the Lord says. You tell me to stop prophesying, to stop raving against the people of Israel.
[7:17] And so, Amaziah, the Lord says to you, ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your children will be killed in war. Your land will be divided up and given to others, and you yourself will die in a heathen country. And the people of Israel will certainly be taken away from their own land into exile.’”