Amo 7:12-13 | TNotes | STEP | 7:12 Go on back to ... Judah, and earn your living by prophesying: Amaziah assumed that the supposedly backward people of Judah would appreciate Amos’s words, and that Amos was looking to be paid for his preaching.

‏ Amos 7:12-13

7:12 ^a Go on back to ... Judah, and earn your living by prophesying: Amaziah assumed that the supposedly backward people of Judah would appreciate Amos’s words, and that Amos was looking to be paid for his preaching.
7:13 ^b king’s sanctuary: According to Amaziah, the urbane and sophisticated Israelites did not appreciate the prophet. Amaziah’s loyalties were clearly to the throne; he wanted to keep the king happy in order to keep his job.