Amos 7:16
Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac. Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
Amos was a burdened shepherd of Tekoa in Judea who delivered his message at Bethel, with many of his prophecies directed to the northern kingdom in the reigns of Uzziah king of Judah and Jeroboam II king of Israel. He prophesied during the reign of Jeroboam son of Joash, two years before the earthquake, between about 800 and 786 B.C., after Israel's victories had made the nation exalted. It was a fearless message against the idolatry and depravity of Israel, prophesying Israel's captivity and destruction and foretelling the downfall of apostasy.
His prophesying used striking illustrations from shepherd life and pointed forward from that downfall to the last days when there shall be a famine of the Word. The verse records the opposition he met, when Amaziah the priest with the priests and leaders of Israel accused him of treason, complained about him, commanded him not to prophesy or drop his word against Israel and the house of Isaac, and expelled him from the northern kingdom. In answer Amos insisted his message was the word of the Lord that God commanded him to proclaim, expressing his resolve to deliver God's warning despite that prohibition and opposition.
The warning that follows the verse declares the judgment God will bring despite opposition: Amaziah's family and land will suffer, and Israel will go into captivity.