Holy Scripture
Amos 7:12
A church father on this verse
“(Verses 10 onwards) And Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, 'Amos has rebelled against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. For thus Amos says: 'Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive from…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
12And Amaziah said to Amos, Go, seer, remove thou into the land of Judah, and live there, and thou shalt prophesy there:
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10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos is forming conspiracies against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land will be utterly unable to bear all his words.
11For thus says Amos, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall be led away captive from his land.
— Amos 7:12 —
13but thou shalt no longer prophesy at Bethel: for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is the royal house.
14And Amos answered, and said to Amaziah, I was not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet; but I was a herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruits.