 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
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1848 - 478 sider
...15.* 37. Amos.\ This book also has its incorporated title, and its announced claim to inspiration. " And the Lord took me, as I followed the flock, and...said unto me, Go prophesy unto my people Israel," vii. 15. The name of Amos occurs, with the use of the first person, repeatedly in the book, as throughout... | |
 | Edward Cook - 1849 - 206 sider
...who is the subject of this memoir. He could truly say in the language of a text used by himself, " I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son, but...said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel." For even previous to enjoying a comfortable assurance of his personal interest in Christ, he began... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1849 - 440 sider
...but a man of no pretensions, and occupying a humble station in life. " I was a herdman, and a dresser of sycamore fruit : and the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people of Israel." He began to prophesy in the reign of Uzziah,... | |
 | James Foote - 1849 - 674 sider
...stones, and cedars as the sycamoretrees that are in the rale, for abundance;" and from the words of Amos, "I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son ; but I was an herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore-fruit."* The word " sycamore" is compounded of two words, whereof... | |
 | Church of England - 1849 - 1236 sider
....••• the king's court. Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither wat d hammers. 8 They have set fire upon Thy holy places : and sycomore fruit : and the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1850 - 396 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...Go, prophesy unto my people Israel." (Amos vii. 14, 15. Cf. 1 Kin. sdx. 19.) t See AUGUSTINE, Serm. 381. § See LAMPE (Comm. in Joh , v. 3, p. 727,) for... | |
 | Charles Baker - 1850 - 446 sider
...for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court." Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, " -I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son ;...an herdman, and a -gatherer of sycamore fruit : and INTERREGNUM FOR ELEVEN YEAES. [975-606 BC the Lord took me as I followed -the flock, and the Lord said... | |
 | Ann Willson - 1850 - 284 sider
...desiring she would neither plead inability or incapacity — like one formerly excusing himself thus : " I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son ;...was an herdman and a gatherer of sycamore fruit." It is indeed an important subject, to which I feel much bound, not only in heart but hand ; and would... | |
 | George Smith - 1850 - 432 sider
...inspiration. Both the rule and the exception are proved in the account which Amos gives of himself : " 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... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1851 - 34 sider
...Lord. And now behold the wrath of God in consequence of it. ." Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but...said unto me, go ? prophesy unto my people Israel. Now therefore, hear thou the word of the Lord ! Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop... | |
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