8 The Lord God asked me, “What do you see, Amos?” And I answered, “A plummet.” Then the Lord said:See, I am laying the plummetin the midst of my people Israel;I will forgive them no longer.
9 The high places of Isaac shall be laid waste,and the sanctuaries of Israel made desolate;and I will attack the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
10 Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam, king of Israel: “Amos has conspired against you within the house of Israel; the country cannot endure all his words.
11 For this is what Amos says:‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword,and Israel shall surely be exiled from its land.’”
12 To Amos, Amaziah said: “Off with you, seer, flee to the land of Judah and there earn your bread by prophesying!
13 But never again prophesy in Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary and a royal temple.”
14 Amos answered Amaziah, “I am not a prophet, nor do I belong to a company of prophets. I am a herdsman and a dresser of sycamores,