12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer!(A) Flee to the land of Judah. Earn your living[a] and give your prophecies there, 13 but don’t ever prophesy(B) at Bethel again, for it is the king’s sanctuary(C) and a royal temple.”

14 So Amos answered Amaziah, “I was[b] not a prophet or the son of a prophet;[c](D) rather, I was[d] a herdsman,(E) and I took care of sycamore figs.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 7:12 Lit Eat bread
  2. Amos 7:14 Or am
  3. Amos 7:14 = a prophet’s disciple or a member of a prophetic guild
  4. Amos 7:14 Or am

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

14 Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet(F) nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.(G)

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