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Amos 7:15

But Yahweh took me from tending the flock and 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 Amos said to Amaziah, “I am not a prophet nor a prophet's son. I am a herdsman, and I take care of sycamore fig trees.

16Now hear the word of Yahweh. You say, 'Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not speak against the house of Isaac.'

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Cross References

2 Samuel 7:8Now then, tell my servant David, “This is what Yahweh of hosts says: 'I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, so that you would be ruler over my people Israel.

Psalms 78:70He chose David, his servant, 1 and took him from the sheepfolds. 1

Ezekiel 2:3He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the people of Israel, to rebellious nations that have rebelled against me—both they and their ancestors have sinned against me up to this very day!

Matthew 4:18As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

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

Acts 4:20We are not able to stop speaking about the things we have seen 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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