As a matter of fact,<n id="1" /> Amos is saying this: &#8216;Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly be carried into exile<n id="2" /> away from its land.&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Amaziah then said to Amos, &#8220;Leave, you visionary!<n id="1" /> Run away to the land of Judah! Earn your living<n id="2" /> and prophesy there!

<p class="bodytext">Amos replied<n id="1" /> to Amaziah, &#8220;I was not a prophet by profession.<n id="2" /> No,<n id="3" /> I was a herdsman who also took care of<n id="4" /> sycamore fig trees.<n id="5" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">The following is a record of what Amos prophesied.<n id="1" /> He<n id="2" /> was one of the herdsmen from Tekoa. These prophecies about Israel were revealed to him<n id="3" /> during the time of<n id="4" /> King Uzziah of Judah and<n id="5" /> King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years before the earthquake.<n id="6" />p>

The <sc>Lordsc> said to me, &#8220;What do you see, Amos?&#8221; I said, &#8220;Tin.&#8221; The sovereign One then said,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Look, I am about to place tin among my people Israel.p> <p class="poetry">I will no longer overlook their sin.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Amaziah the priest of Bethel<n id="1" /> sent this message<n id="2" /> to King Jeroboam of Israel: &#8220;Amos is conspiring against you in the very heart of the kingdom of Israel!<n id="3" /> The land cannot endure all his prophecies.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">He said, &#8220;What do you see, Amos?&#8221; I replied, &#8220;A basket of summer fruit.&#8221; Then the <sc>Lordsc> said to me, &#8220;The end<n id="1" /> has come for my people Israel! I will no longer overlook their sins.<n id="2" />p>