Amos 7:13-15

Expanded Bible

¹³ but don’t prophesy anymore here at Bethel. This is the king’s ·holy place [sanctuary], and it is the ·nation’s temple [or royal palace; ^Lhouse of the kingdom].”

¹⁴ Then Amos answered Amaziah, “·I do not make my living as a prophet, nor am I a member of a group of prophets [^LI was not a prophet nor a prophet’s son/disciple]. I ·make my living as [^Lwas] a shepherd, and ·I take care [a tender] of ·sycamore [or sycamore-fig] trees. ¹⁵ But the Lord took me away from tending the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’