Amos 7:12Amaziah also said to Amos, "You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
The setting
Bethel, northern Israel, ~760 BC. The royal priest Amaziah confronts the shepherd-prophet Amos at the king's sanctuary. Modern-day Palestine/West Bank.
The emotion here: territorial fury at unauthorized prophet disrupting his religious system
The original word
rōʾeh (רֹאֶה) — seer, one who sees visions from God, not just a fortune-teller
Why it matters
Bethel was Jeroboam's alternative worship center to keep people from Jerusalem
Read with care
What most readers miss in Amos 7:12
Amaziah calls him 'seer' mockingly but admits Amos actually sees God's truth
Common misconceptionPeople think this is about religious freedom, but it's actually about economic threats - Amos was disrupting the profitable false worship at Bethel that kept Amaziah employed.
Bible Genome reading
Amos 7:12 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Amos 7:12 comes from the book of Amos, written during the Divided Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Amaziah. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is commanding. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include persecution, prophetic conflict. Notable phrases: go flee away; eat bread. This verse contains a command.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same angry
“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'”
— Joel 3:10
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
— Matthew 23:24
“Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husba…”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
— Amos 5:21
“Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
— Deuteronomy 19:21
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