But to those who were separate you gave wine for drink; and to the prophets you said, Be prophets no longer.

Let not words like these be dropped, they say: Shame and the curse will not come to the family of Jacob!

So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the men of Anathoth who have made designs against your life, saying, You are not to be a prophet in the name of the Lord, or death will overtake you by our hands:

But be a prophet no longer at Beth-el: for it is the holy place of the king, and the king's house.

And Amaziah said to Amos, O seer, go in flight into the land of Judah, and there get your living by working as a prophet:

Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:

Now then, give ear to the word of the Lord: You say, Be no prophet to Israel, and say not a word against the people of Isaac.

And if I say, I will not keep him in mind, I will not say another word in his name; then it is in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am tired of keeping myself in, I am not able to do it.