12. Amaziah then said to Amos, “Leave, you visionary! Run away to the land of Judah! Earn your living and prophesy there!
13. Don’t prophesy at Bethel any longer, for a royal temple and palace are here!”
14. Amos replied to Amaziah, “I was not a prophet by profession. No, I was a herdsman who also took care of sycamore fig trees.
15. Then the Lord took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission, ‘Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!’