^{12 Ref} Amaziah also said to Amos, "You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

^{13 Ref} but don't prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house!"

^{14 Ref} Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore trees;

^{15 Ref} and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'