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Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to Jeroboam, the king of Israel, saying, Amos has plotted against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to endure all his words.

For so Amos says: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel going shall go into exile out of his land.

And Amaziah said to Amos, Seer, go! Flee for yourself into the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there.

But do not again prophesy at Bethel any more, for it is the king's holy place, and it is the royal house.

Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, I was not a prophet, nor was I a prophet's son, but I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore trees.

And Jehovah took me from behind the flock, and Jehovah said to me, Go, prophesy to My people Israel.

Now, then, hear the Word of Jehovah: You say, Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not drop words against the house of Isaac.

So Jehovah says this, 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 by a line. And you shall die in a defiled land. And Israel going shall go into exile fromhis land.