11 For thus Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’” 12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, “(A)Go, you seer, flee away to the land of Judah and there eat bread and there do your prophesying! 13 But (B)no longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a (C)sanctuary of the king and a royal [a]residence.”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 7:13 Lit house

11 For this is what Amos is saying:

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

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

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