²² Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will lift up My hand to the Gentile nations and set up My standard and raise high My signal banner to the peoples; and they will bring your sons in the bosom of their garments, and your daughters will be carried upon their shoulders.

²³ And kings shall be your foster fathers and guardians, and their queens your nursing mothers. They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth and lick up the dust of your feet; and you shall know [with an acquaintance and understanding based on and grounded in personal experience] that I am the Lord; for they shall not be put to shame who wait for, look for, hope for, and expect Me.

²⁴ Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives of the just be delivered?

²⁵ For thus says the Lord: Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the prey of the terrible will be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will give safety to your children and ease them.

²⁶ And I will make those who oppress you consume themselves [in mutually destructive wars], thus eating their own flesh; and they will be drunk with their own blood, as with sweet wine; and all flesh will know [with a knowledge grounded in personal experience] that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

¹⁰ Then Amaziah the priest of [the golden calf shrine at] Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words.^(A)

¹¹ For thus Amos has said, Jeroboam shall die by the sword and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.

¹² Also Amaziah said to Amos, O you seer, go! Flee back to the land of Judah [your own country], and eat your bread and live out your profession as a prophet there [as I perform my duties here].

¹³ But do not prophesy any more at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary and a seat of his kingdom.^(B)

¹⁴ Then Amos said to Amaziah, I was no prophet [by profession]! Neither was I a prophet’s son; [but I had my occupation] I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore trees and a gatherer of sycamore figs.

¹⁵ And the Lord took me as I followed the flock and the Lord said to me, Go, prophesy to My people Israel.

¹⁶ Now therefore listen to the word of the Lord: You say, Do not prophesy against Israel and drop no statements not complimentary to the house of Isaac.

¹⁷ Therefore thus says the Lord: Your wife shall be a harlot in the city and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided up by line; you yourself shall die in an unclean and defiled land, and Israel shall surely go forth out of his land into exile.

9 Then Jesus called together the Twelve [apostles] and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases,

² And He sent them out to announce and preach the kingdom of God and to bring healing.

³ And He said to them, Do not take anything for your journey—neither walking stick, nor ^[a]wallet [for a collection bag], nor food of any kind, nor money, and do not have two undergarments (tunics).

⁴ And whatever house you enter, stay there until you go away [from that place].

⁵ And wherever they do not receive and accept and welcome you, when you leave that town shake off [even] the dust from your feet, as a testimony against them.

⁶ And departing, they went about from village to village, preaching the Gospel and restoring the afflicted to health everywhere.

⁷ Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was being done by [Jesus], and he was [thoroughly] perplexed and troubled, because it was said by some that John [the Baptist] had been raised from the dead,

⁸ And by others that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the prophets of old had come back to life.

⁹ But Herod said, John I beheaded; but Who is this about Whom I [learn] such things by hearsay? And he sought to see Him.