KJV King James Version
And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
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Amos 7:15
And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’
WEB World English Bible
and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
ASV American Standard Version
and Jehovah took me from following the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Jehovah taketh me from after the flock, and Jehovah saith unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Israel.
Surrounding context — Amos 7
12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
13 But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: 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] an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not [thy word] against the house of Isaac.
17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּקָּחֵ֣נִיH3947 · la.qachto take: takeיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDמֵאַחֲרֵ֖יH310 · a.charafterהַצֹּ֑אןH6629 · tsonflockוַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֵלַי֙H413 · elto(wards)יְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלֵ֥ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentהִנָּבֵ֖אH5012 · na.vato prophesyאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)עַמִּ֥יH5971 · ampeopleיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃H3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael
Cross-references
2 Samuel 7:8Now 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:Ezekiel 2:3-4And 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.Psalm 78:70-72He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:Matthew 4:18-19And 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.Jeremiah 1:7But 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.Acts 5:20Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.Acts 1:8But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.Matthew 9:9And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.Luke 24:46-48And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:Acts 4:20For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.Acts 5:29-32Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
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