Amos 7:14-15

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14} So Amos answered Amaziah, “I was^(a) not a prophet or the son of a prophet;^(b)^(A) rather, I was^(c) a herdsman,^(B) and I took care of sycamore figs. ^{Tools
15} But the Lord took me from following the flock^(C) and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’”^(D)

Footnotes:

a. Amos 7:14: Or am

b. Amos 7:14: a prophet’s disciple or a member of a prophetic guild

c. Amos 7:14: Or am

Cross references:

A. Amos 7:14: 2 Chronicles 19:2

B. Amos 7:14: Amos 1:1

C. Amos 7:15: 2 Samuel 7:8

D. Amos 7:15: Jeremiah 1:7; Ezekiel 2:3-4