14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no [a]Prophet, neither was I a Prophet’s son, but I was an herdsman, and a gatherer of wild figs.

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

16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the Lord. Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and speak nothing against the house of Isaac.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 7:14 Thus he showeth by his extraordinary vocation, that God had given him a charge, which he must needs execute.

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