Amos 7:10-12

GOD’S WORD Translation

Amaziah Opposes Amos

¹⁰ Then Amaziah, the priest at Bethel, sent a message to King Jeroboam of Israel. It read, “Amos is plotting against you among the people of Israel. The country isn’t able to endure everything he is saying. ¹¹ Amos says that Jeroboam will be killed with a sword and that Israel cannot avoid being taken from its land into exile.”

¹² Then Amaziah said to Amos, “You seer,^[a] run away to Judah! Eat there, and prophesy there!