 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
 | Burgon John William - 1855 - 410 sider
...moment when the Divine summons first found them out. " The LORD took me," says the prophet Amos, " as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Israel8." Such was the occupation of Moses' and of David". Gideon was threshing wheat x; Saul, seeking... | |
 | Alexander POOLE - 1855 - 202 sider
...has spoken to my heart. A glorious land unknown before I see, and now from this depart. September 13. 'THE Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophecy unto my people Israel. — Amos vii. 15. When God has work to be done, he will raise up fit... | |
 | George Smith - 1856 - 626 sider
...generally the case. There is one exception; but that exception seems to prove the rule. Amos said, " I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but...Go, prophesy unto my people Israel." Amos vii, 14, 15. In this case the declaration which the prophet makes of his singular election to this office clearly... | |
 | Denys Thompson - 1978 - 252 sider
...was told to go away from Bethel because his prophecies of doom were unwelcome, he defended himself: 'I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son, but I was an herdsman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit. And the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - 1978 - 644 sider
...for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court. 14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit: 15 And the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the... | |
 | Ev Miller - 1983 - 164 sider
...READER. (Reads) The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa. AMOS. (Speaking from the gallery) And the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said, " Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. Seek good and not evil, that he may live. Hate the evil and love... | |
 | Edward J. Young - 1984 - 440 sider
...(7:14-15). He himself describes this call in the words, 'And the Lord took me from [following] after the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go ! Prophesy unto my people Israel.' From the book itself we learn the type of people to whom Amos preached. They were a rich people, self-confident... | |
 | J. Sidlow Baxter, James Sidlow Baxter - 1986 - 1848 sider
...the call of God to become a prophet to the northern kingdom, Israel. In chapter vii. 14, 15, he says: "I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son ; but I was an herdman and a cultivator (not just a 'gatherer,' as in the Authorised Version) of Sycamore fruit (that is, the Sycamorefig... | |
 | J. Stephen Lang - 1999 - 516 sider
...witchcrafts are so many? 27. O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son1 28. Woe is me, for I am undonel 29. I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit. 30. Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. 3... | |
 | John Theibault - 1995 - 258 sider
...attention to them. Ludolph cited Zechariah 13:5 and Amos 7:14 ("Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit") to underscore that the desperate circumstances gave... | |
| |
