Give an account of Amos' encounter with Amaziah the priest

AMONCOUNTERWITI{AMAZ1AH THE FRIES (AMOS7:IO-17)

Amos was a shepherd and also a dresser of sycamore trees, while
Amaziah was a priest at Bethel, the centre of Israel’s apostate religion,
Amos denounced the social and religious malpractices of the Israelites of
his day.
He also preached at the king’s sanctuary that Jeroboam II
would die by the sword,
This statement infuriated Amaziah the priest
in-charge of the temple at Bethel,
Amaziah reported Amos to the king, accusing
him of treason,
Since the temple belonged to the king and not God Amos was
forbidden to speak against the king there,
Amaziah commanded Amos
to return to Judah to prophesy and earn his living there,
tie called Amos
a “seer” a prophet that was consulted for the discovery of lost
articles for a fee.
Amos denied being a paid prophet lathe service of the
king nor was he a member of the professional prophets,
He said no one had
engaged him to pronounce judgment on Jeroboam and Israel,
He was only a
herdsman and a dresser of sycamore trees, and the Lord took him from following
the flock in order to prophesy to Israel.
According to Amos, no
authority could stop him from delivering his message,
Amos then
cursed Amaziah for trying to turn him away from God’s command,
He
indicated that Amaziah’s wife would be a prostitute and his children killed,
Furthermore, Arnaziah’s. land and property, would be divided among the
people,
Israel would go into exile,
Finally, Amaziah
would die in a foreign land.

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