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14 Amos replied in answer to Amaziah,

“I am no prophet,
    nor am I a prophet’s son,
for I have been shepherding
    and picking the fruit of[a] sycamore[b] trees.

15 But the Lord took me from tending the flock and the Lord kept saying to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

16 “Very well then, hear this message from the Lord:

‘You are saying,
    “Don’t prophesy against Israel,
        and don’t preach against the house of Isaac.”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 7:14 The Heb. lacks the fruit of
  2. Amos 7:14 The sycamore fruit tree native to Israel bears figs

14 Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet(A) nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.(B) 15 But the Lord took me from tending the flock(C) and said to me, ‘Go,(D) prophesy(E) to my people Israel.’(F) 16 Now then, hear(G) the word of the Lord. You say,

“‘Do not prophesy against(H) Israel,
    and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.’

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