Amos and Amaziah

¹⁰ Then 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)

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)”

¹⁷ “Therefore this is what the Lord says: