12 Also [a]Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou the Seer, go, flee thou away into the land of Judah, and there eat thy bread, and prophesy there.

13 But prophesy no more at Bethel: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.

14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no [b]Prophet, neither was I a Prophet’s son, but I was an herdsman, and a gatherer of wild figs.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 7:12 When this instrument of Satan was not able to compass his purpose by the king, he assayed by another practice, that was, to fear the Prophet, that he might depart, and not reprove their idolatry there openly, and so hinder his profit.
  2. Amos 7:14 Thus he showeth by his extraordinary vocation, that God had given him a charge, which he must needs execute.

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