Bible verse
But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’
Amos 7:15 · BSB
The verses around it, from Amos 7.
11 for this is what Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
12 And Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.
13 But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”
14 “I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.
15 But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’
16 Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’
17 Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
KJV
And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
ASV
and Jehovah took me from following the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
ERV
and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
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