12 Then Amaziah said to Amos:
“Go, you seer!
Flee to the land of Judah.
There eat bread,
And there prophesy.

13 But ^anever again prophesy at Bethel,
^bFor it is the king’s¹ sanctuary,
And it is the royal¹ residence.”  ‡

14 Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah:
“I was no prophet,
Nor was I ^aa son of a prophet,
But I was a ^bsheepbreeder
And a tender of sycamore fruit. ‡

15 Then the Lord took me¹ as I followed the flock,
And the Lord said to me,
‘Go, ^aprophesy to My people Israel.’ ‡

16 Now therefore, hear the word of the Lord:
You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel,
And ^ado not spout against the house of Isaac.’  ‡

17 “Therefore^a thus says the Lord:
^b‘Your wife shall be a harlot in the city;
Your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword;
Your land shall be divided by survey line;
You shall die in a ^cdefiled land;
And Israel shall surely be led away captive
From his own land.’ ” ‡