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Amos 7:14

World English Bible

Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;

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Amos 7:14 in other translations

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore-trees:

Amos 7:14 · American Standard Version

Amos 7:14 in context

  1. 12Amaziah also said to Amos, “You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
  2. 13but don’t prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house!”
  3. 14Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;
  4. 15and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
  5. 16Now therefore listen to Yahweh’s word: ‘You say, Don’t prophesy against Israel, and don’t preach against the house of Isaac.’