Amos 7:10-8:3

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Amos and Amaziah

¹⁰Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel^(A) sent a message to Jeroboam^(B) king of Israel: “Amos is raising a conspiracy^(C) against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.^(D) ¹¹For this is what Amos is saying:

“‘Jeroboam will die by the sword,
and Israel will surely go into exile,^(E)
away from their native land.’”^(F)

¹²Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Get out, you seer!^(G) Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.^(H) ¹³Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel,^(I) because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple^(J) of the kingdom.^(K)”

¹⁴Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet^(L) nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.^(M) ¹⁵But the Lord took me from tending the flock^(N) and said to me, ‘Go,^(O) prophesy^(P) to my people Israel.’^(Q) ¹⁶Now then, hear^(R) the word of the Lord. You say,

“‘Do not prophesy against^(S) Israel,
and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.’

¹⁷“Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“‘Your wife will become a prostitute^(T) in the city,
    and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword.
Your land will be measured and divided up,
    and you yourself will die in a pagan^[a] country.
And Israel will surely go into exile,^(U)
    away from their native land.^(V)’”

A Basket of Ripe Fruit

8 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me:^(W) a basket of ripe fruit. ²“What do you see,^(X) Amos?^(Y)” he asked.

“A basket^(Z) of ripe fruit,” I answered.

Then the Lord said to me, “The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.^(AA)

³“In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “the songs in the temple will turn to wailing.^[b]^(AB) Many, many bodies—flung everywhere! Silence!^(AC)”