Amos 7:15
New International Version
But the LORD took me from tending the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

New Living Translation
But the LORD called me away from my flock and told me, ‘Go and prophesy to my people in Israel.’

English Standard Version
But the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

Berean Standard Bible
But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’

King James Bible
And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

New King James Version
Then the LORD took me as I followed the flock, And the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’

New American Standard Bible
But the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go prophesy to My people Israel.’

NASB 1995
“But the LORD took me from following the flock and the LORD said to me, ‘Go prophesy to My people Israel.’

NASB 1977
“But the LORD took me from following the flock and the LORD said to me, ‘Go prophesy to My people Israel.’

Legacy Standard Bible
But Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go prophesy to My people Israel.’

Amplified Bible
But the LORD took me as I followed the flock and the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’

Christian Standard Bible
But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’”

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And LORD JEHOVAH led me from behind the flock, and LORD JEHOVAH said to me: ’go prophesy against my people Israel’

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the Lord took me from the sheep, and the Lord said to me, Go, and prophesy to my people Israel.

Contemporary English Version
But the LORD told me to leave my herds and preach to the people of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord took me when I followed the flock, and the Lord said to me: Go, prophesy to my people Israel.

English Revised Version
and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But the LORD took me away from herding the flock and said to me, 'Prophesy to my people Israel.'

Good News Translation
But the LORD took me from my work as a shepherd and ordered me to come and prophesy to his people Israel.

International Standard Version
But the LORD took me from tending the flock and the LORD kept saying to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'

JPS Tanakh 1917
and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said unto me: Go, prophesy unto My people Israel.

Literal Standard Version
and YHWH takes me from after the flock, and YHWH says to me, Go, prophesy to My people Israel.

Majority Standard Bible
But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’

New American Bible
but the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

NET Bible
Then the LORD took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission, 'Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!'

New Revised Standard Version
and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

New Heart English Bible
and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.

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

Young's Literal Translation
and Jehovah taketh me from after the flock, and Jehovah saith unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Israel.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Amaziah Accuses Amos
14“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees. 15But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’ 16Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’…

Cross References
1 Samuel 10:11
All those who had formerly known Saul and saw him prophesying with the prophets asked one another, "What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?"

Jeremiah 1:7
But the LORD told me: "Do not say, 'I am only a child.' For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.

Jeremiah 26:12
But Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, "The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.

Ezekiel 2:3
"Son of man," He said to me, "I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me.

Ezekiel 2:4
They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says.'


Treasury of Scripture

And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.

took.

2 Samuel 7:8
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

Psalm 78:70-72
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: …

Matthew 4:18,19
And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers…

as I followed.

Jeremiah 1:7
But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

Ezekiel 2:3,4
And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day…

Luke 24:46-48
And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: …

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Amos 7
1. The judgments of the grasshoppers,
4. and of the fire are diverted by the prayer of Amos.
7. By the wall of a plumb line is signified the rejection of Israel.
10. Amaziah complains of Amos.
14. Amos shows his calling
16. and Amaziah's judgment.














(15) Followed the flock.--There is no hint of any lack of education or refinement (see Introduction) through the exclusion of any special aid derived from the training of earlier prophets. In this case God's inward call had been more than sufficient.

Verse 15. - As I followed; literally, from after from behind, as in the call of David (2 Samuel 7:8; Psalm 78:70), The Divine call came to him suddenly and imperatively, and he must needs obey it. He, therefore, could not follow Amaziah's counsel.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

took me
וַיִּקָּחֵ֣נִי (way·yiq·qā·ḥê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 3947: To take

from following
מֵאַחֲרֵ֖י (mê·’a·ḥă·rê)
Preposition-m
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

the flock
הַצֹּ֑אן (haṣ·ṣōn)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock

and said
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to me,
אֵלַי֙ (’ê·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

‘Go,
לֵ֥ךְ (lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

prophesy
הִנָּבֵ֖א (hin·nā·ḇê)
Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 5012: To prophesy, speak, by inspiration

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

My people
עַמִּ֥י (‘am·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

Israel.’
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


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