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14 But Amos replied, “I’m not a professional prophet, and I was never trained to be one.[a] I’m just a shepherd, and I take care of sycamore-fig trees. 15 But the Lord called me away from my flock and told me, ‘Go and prophesy to my people in Israel.’ 16 Now then, listen to this message from the Lord:

“You say,
‘Don’t prophesy against Israel.
    Stop preaching against my people.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 7:14 Or I’m not a prophet nor the son of a prophet.
  2. 7:16 Hebrew against the house of Isaac.

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