Amos 7:14-17

English Standard Version

¹⁴Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, ^(A)“I was^[a] no prophet, nor a prophet's son, but ^(B)I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs. ¹⁵^(C)But the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ ¹⁶^(D)Now therefore hear the word of the Lord.

“You say, ^(E)‘Do not prophesy against Israel,
and ^(F)do not preach against the house of ^(G)Isaac.’

¹⁷^(H)Therefore thus says the Lord:

“‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city,
    and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword,
    and your land ^(I)shall be divided up with a measuring line;
you yourself shall die in an unclean land,
    and ^(J)Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.’”