Read Amos 7.10-17. In 7.10-17: Amos preaches at Bethel. This is the only narrative in Amos describing an event in Moses' career and specific setting in which he preached. Upon hearing Amos' unfavorable predictions about Jeroboam, king of Israel, Amaziah, priest of Bethel, responds in two ways: he sends word to Jeroboam in Samaria (vv. 10-11), and he banishes Amos from Bethel, one of Israel's major religious centers (vv. 12-13). Amaziah appears to claim that Amos, from the Judean town of Tekoa (1.1), should earn his living as a prophet in his own country of Judah ("earn your bread there," v.12), and stay out of Israel's affairs. When Amos responds that he is not a prophet but a shepherd and a farmer (v. 14), he may mean that he is not earning his living as a (professional) prophet at all, but rather communicating an unexpected but genuine divine revelation. Comments or Questions..
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