 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
 | 1851 - 860 sider
...The prophet Amos tells us he was no prophet, neither the sou of a prophet; but " I was," says he, "a herdman and a gatherer of sycamore fruit, and the...Go prophesy unto my people Israel." (Amos vii. 14, 15.) The apostles were most of them illiterate and unlearned persons. Paul, it is true, was learned... | |
 | David Thomas - 1852 - 236 sider
...come against the fortress."— Amos v. 8, 9. THE author of this sublime language says of himself—" I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but...said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel." Here is another instance of the fact, that God generally calls men in humblest life to the sublimest... | |
 | William Mountford - 1852 - 400 sider
...as religious as if it were his office to stand at the altar. Amos, the prophet, said of himself, c 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... | |
 | William Mountford - 1852 - 408 sider
...as religious as if it were his office to stand at the altar. Amos, the prophet, said of himself, « 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... | |
 | John Owen - 1852 - 616 sider
...questioned, although he were unfit for that heavenly employment either by education or course of life : " 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 said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my... | |
 | John Owen - 1852 - 676 sider
...parts. So Amos giveth an account of his call unto his office, chap, vii. 14, 15. "I was," saith he, "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."... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher - 1852 - 204 sider
...no prophet, originally ; neither was I a prophet's son (prophet's scholar) ! but I was an herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit ; and the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and said to me, Go, prophesy, unto my people Israel. " In any case, those establishments gave to the land... | |
 | 1852 - 678 sider
...before God has said to him, "Ask what I shall give thee? " What is the language of the herdman of Tekoa? "The Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me Go." Were Peter, and Andrew, and Philip seeking for Jesus, when he said to them, " Follow me ? " Were James... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1853 - 496 sider
...Amos, and said to Amaziah, " I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son. Bat I was an herdsman and a gatherer of sycamore fruit. And the Lord took...Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.' " — AMOS vii. 10-15. THE Jeroboam spoken of in this passage was the fourth king of the house of Jehu. From the time... | |
 | John James Blunt - 1853 - 402 sider
...is evidently casual. Thus in chap. vii. v. 14, we read, " Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son ;...gatherer of sycamore fruit : And the Lord took me as / followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go prophesy unto my people Israel." Compare this with... | |
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