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Amos 7:14 KJV
Amos · chapter 7 · verse 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:Amos 7:14 · King James Version
Amos 7:14 in context
12Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
13But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.
14Then 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:
15And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
16Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- answeredʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
- gathererbâlaçto pinch sycamore figsH1103 →
- AmaziahʼĂmatsyâhAmatsjah, the name of four IsraelitesH558 →
- prophetnâbîyʼa prophet or inspired manH5030 →
- herdmanbôwqêra cattle-tenderH951 →
- AmosʻÂmôwçAmos, an Israelite prophetH5986 →
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One would have expected, 1. That what we met with in the former part of the chapter would awaken the people to repentance, when they saw that they were reprieved in order that they might have space to repent and that they could not obtain a pardon unless the did repent. 2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-17