Amos 7:15

And Jehovah took me from the flock; And Jehovah said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel!

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In The King James Version

And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

In Context

14Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah: I was no prophet, nor the son of a prophet; I was a shepherd, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit.

16Now, therefore, hear the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, And speak no word against the house of Isaac!

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Cross References

Psalms 78:70And he chose David, his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;

Ezekiel 2:3And he said to me, Son of man, I send thee to the sons of Israel, to a rebellious nation, that hath rebelled against me; they and their fathers have rebelled against me to this very day.

Matthew 4:18And while walking by the lake of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the lake; for they were fishers.

Luke 24:46And he said to them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and should rise from the dead on the third day,

Acts 4:20For we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.

Matthew Henry on Amos 7:11-17

Amaziah's Charge against Amos; Amaziah's Doom. ( b. c. 785.) 10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. 11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. 12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 13 But… Read the whole commentary →

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