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Amos 7:15

World English Bible

and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

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Amos 7:15 in other translations

and Jehovah took me from following the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

Amos 7:15 · American Standard Version

Amos 7:15 in context

  1. 13but don’t prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house!”
  2. 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;
  3. 15and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
  4. 16Now therefore listen to Yahweh’s word: ‘You say, Don’t prophesy against Israel, and don’t preach against the house of Isaac.’
  5. 17Therefore Yahweh says: ‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’ ”