Amos 7:13

For Amos says, 'Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.

Amaziah also said to Amos, "You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;

and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.