10 Then Amaziah ^jthe priest of Bethel sent to ^kJeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has ^lconspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. 11 For thus Amos has said,

12 And Amaziah said to Amos, ⁿ“O seer, go, flee away ^oto the land of Judah, and ^peat bread there, and prophesy there, 13 but ^qnever again prophesy at Bethel, for ^rit is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”

14 Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, ^s“I was¹ no prophet, nor a prophet’s son, but ^tI was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs. 15 ^uBut the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’