²⁰ As for us, we cannot help speaking^(A) about what we have seen and heard.”^(B)

² He said:

⁵ Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion^(A) of the tribe of Judah,^(B) the Root of David,^(C) has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

¹⁶ For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach.^(A) Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

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) 15} But the Lord took me from tending the flock^(H) and said to me, ‘Go,^(I) prophesy^(J) to my people Israel.’^{(K) 16} Now then, hear^(L) the word of the Lord. You say,

¹⁷ “Therefore this is what the Lord says: