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Amo 7:10-17. Amaziah’s charge against Amos: His doom foretold.
priest of Beth-el - chief priest of the royal sanctuary to the calves at Beth-el. These being a device of state policy to keep Israel separate from Judah. Amaziah construes Amos words against them as treason. So in the case of Elijah and Jeremiah (1Ki 18:17; Jer 37:13, Jer 37:14). So the antitype Jesus was charged (Joh 19:12); political expediency being made in all ages the pretext for dishonoring God and persecuting His servants (Joh 11:48-50). So in the case of Paul (Act 17:6, Act 17:7; Act 24:5).
in the midst of ... Israel - probably alluding to Amos’ own words, “in the midst of ... Israel” (Amo 7:8), foretelling the state’s overthrow to the very center. Not secretly, or in a corner, but openly, in the very center of the state, so as to upset the whole utterly.
land is not able to bear all his words - They are so many and so intolerable. A sedition will be the result. The mention of his being “priest of Beth-el” implies that it was for his own priestly gain, not for the king or state, he was so keen.