rsv Amos:7:10-17 SEEK
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Then Amazi '
ah the priest of Bethel sent to Jerobo '
am king of Israel ,
saying , "
Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel ;
the land is not able to bear all his words .
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For thus Amos has said , `
Jerobo '
am shall die by the sword ,
and Israel must go into exile away from his land .'"
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And Amazi '
ah said to Amos , "
O seer ,
go ,
flee away to the land of Judah ,
and eat bread there ,
and prophesy there ;
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but never again prophesy at Bethel ,
for it is the king '
s sanctuary ,
and it is a temple of the kingdom ."
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Then Amos answered Amazi '
ah , "
I am no prophet ,
nor a prophet '
s son ;
but I am a herdsman ,
and a dresser of sycamore trees ,
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and the LORD took me from following the flock ,
and the LORD said to me , `
Go ,
prophesy to my people Israel .'
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Now therefore hear the word of the LORD .
You say , `
Do not prophesy against Israel ,
and do not preach against the house of Isaac .'
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Therefore thus says the LORD : `
Your wife shall be a harlot in the city ,
and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword ,
and your land shall be parceled out by line ;
you yourself shall die in an unclean land ,
and Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land .'"