 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son ; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit:* And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.  Methodist Magazine - Side 421894Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1843 - 48 sider
...been brought up nor educated among the sons of the prophets, nor ordained by man ; yet, said he, " the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the...Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel :" and then follows a fearful denunciation on the parasitical priest and his family. Amos vii. 10 —... | |
 | Edward Scobell - 1843 - 92 sider
...authority, of the glad tidings: " I was no prophet," said Amos, " neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit; and the...took me, as I followed the flock, and the Lord said to me, ' Go, prophesy to the people of Israel.'" And preaching was not merely reading God's word, as... | |
 | Herbert Thorndike - 1844 - 454 sider
...case that Amos expresseth, vii. 14, 15, "I was no prophet, nor prophet's son, but an herdsman, and gatherer of sycamore fruit. And the Lord took me,...said unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Israel." § 21. Now the study that disposed men to this grace was, without doubt, that of the law of Moses :... | |
 | David Low - 1844 - 702 sider
...sycamore of Scripture. But the sycamore of Scripture was not a maple, but a* species of fig-tree. " I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son ;...was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit." The Sycamore Maple is a fine tree, with broad leaves, and a spacious head, growing in its native forests... | |
 | George Howe - 1844 - 258 sider
...not educated in the prophetic schools ; " but I was a husbandman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruits; and the Lord took me as I followed the flock ; and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel." 1 And in Zechariah 2 the false prophets, waving of bis hand, he brought upon... | |
 | George Howe - 1844 - 270 sider
...educated in the prophetic schools ; " but I was a husbandman, and a gatherer of sycamore .fruits ; and the Lord took me as I followed the flock ; and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel."1 And in Zechariah2 the false prophets, waving ,'f his hand, he brought upon the... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1844 - 608 sider
...what his office commanded him, in God's name, to speak3. " Then answered Amos and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son ; but I was an herdmau, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit : and the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord... | |
 | 1867 - 652 sider
...lawfulness of lay preaching. The Lord is Sovereign. He can call and qualify whom He will. Amos says, ' I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit. And the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1847 - 480 sider
..." I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son, but I was an herdman and a gatherer of sycomore fruit, and the Lord took me as I followed the flock,...Go, prophesy unto my people Israel." (Amos vii. 14, 15. Cf. 1 Kin. xii. 10.) t See AUGUSTINE, Serm. 381. $ See LAMPE (Comm. in Joh., v. 3, p. 727,) for... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1847 - 480 sider
...Matthew and St. Mark, the call of Amos, as he himself records it, will supply an interesting parallel: "I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son, but I was an herdman and a gatherer of sycomore fruit, and the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy... | |
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