Amos 7:15 “But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, pro…”

Amos 7:15

But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

American Standard Version

and Jehovah took me from following the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the Lord tooke me as I followed the flocke, and the Lord said vnto me, Go, prophecie vnto my people Israel.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah took me as I followed the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

Young's Literal Translation

and Jehovah taketh me from after the flock, and Jehovah saith unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Israel.

Bible in Basic English

And the Lord took me from the flock, and the Lord said to me, Go, be a prophet to my people Israel.

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Cross references

“took”

2 Samuel 7:8 Psalm 78:70–72 Matthew 9:9 Matthew 4:18 Matthew 4:19

2 Samuel 7:8 · BSB

Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.

Psalm 78:70–72 · BSB

He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

Matthew 9:9 · BSB

As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.

Matthew 4:18 · BSB

As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

Matthew 4:19 · BSB

“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”

“Go”

Jeremiah 1:7 Acts 1:8 Acts 5:20 Luke 24:46–48 Acts 4:20 Acts 5:29–32

Jeremiah 1:7 · BSB

But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.

Acts 1:8 · BSB

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 5:20 · BSB

“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”

Luke 24:46–48 · BSB

And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

Acts 4:20 · BSB

For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

Acts 5:29–32 · BSB

But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

16Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’

Read Amos 7