Amos 7:10-12

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Amos Accused, Answers

¹⁰ Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel [site of the golden calf shrine], sent word to ^[a]Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words.^{(A) 11} For in this way Amos has said, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’” ¹² Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Go, you seer, run for your life [from Israel] to the land of Judah [your own country] and eat bread and live as a prophet there!