Amos 7:9-11

Easy-to-Read Version

⁹ Isaac’s high places will be destroyed. Israel’s holy places will be made into a pile of rocks. I will attack and kill Jeroboam’s^[a] family with swords.”

Amaziah Tries to Stop Amos

¹⁰ Amaziah, a priest at Bethel,^[b] sent this message to Jeroboam, the king of Israel: “Amos is making plans against you. He is trying to make the people of Israel fight against you. He has been speaking so much that this country cannot hold all his words. ¹¹ Amos has said, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and the people of Israel will be taken as prisoners out of their country.’”