⁹ (Formerly in Israel, if someone went to inquire^(A) of God, they would say, “Come, let us go to the seer,” because the prophet of today used to be called a seer.)^(B)

¹³ The Lord warned^(A) Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers:^(B) “Turn from your evil ways.^(C) Observe my commands and decrees, in accordance with the entire Law that I commanded your ancestors to obey and that I delivered to you through my servants the prophets.”^(D)

²⁹ As for the events of King David’s reign, from beginning to end, they are written in the records of Samuel the seer,^(A) the records of Nathan^(B) the prophet and the records of Gad^(C) the seer,

⁷ At that time Hanani^(A) the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him: “Because you relied^(B) on the king of Aram and not on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.

¹⁰ Asa was angry with the seer because of this; he was so enraged that he put him in prison.^(A) At the same time Asa brutally oppressed some of the people.

¹² Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Get out, you seer!^(A) Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.^(B)

¹³ Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel,^(A) because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple^(B) of the kingdom.^(C)”