Amos 7:14

World English Bible (2000)

Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;

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  • Amos 1:1 : 1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
  • 2 Kgs 2:5 : 5 The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said to him, "Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from your head today?" He answered, "Yes, I know it. Hold your peace."
  • 2 Kgs 4:38 : 38 Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, "Set on the great pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets."
  • 2 Chr 19:2 : 2 Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked, and love those who hate Yahweh? Because of this, wrath is on you from before Yahweh.
  • 1 Kgs 20:35 : 35 A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by the word of Yahweh, "Please strike me!" The man refused to strike him.
  • 2 Kgs 2:3 : 3 The sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, "Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from your head today?" He said, "Yes, I know it; hold your peace."
  • Zech 13:5 : 5 but he will say, 'I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.'
  • 1 Cor 1:27 : 27 but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;
  • 2 Kgs 2:7 : 7 Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood opposite them at a distance; and they both stood by the Jordan.
  • 2 Chr 20:34 : 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is inserted in the book of the kings of Israel.
  • 2 Kgs 6:1 : 1 The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "See now, the place where we dwell before you is too small for us.
  • 2 Chr 16:7 : 7 At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, "Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on Yahweh your God, therefore is the army of the king of Syria escaped out of your hand.

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    2 verses
    82%

    15 and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'

    16 Now therefore listen to the word of Yahweh: 'You say, Don't prophesy against Israel, and don't preach against the house of Isaac.'

  • Amos 7:7-13
    7 verses
    76%

    7 Thus he showed me and behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.

    8 Yahweh said to me, "Amos, what do you see?" I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold, I will set a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.

    9 The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword."

    10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.

    11 For Amos says, 'Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'"

    12 Amaziah also said to Amos, "You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

    13 but don't prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house!"

  • Zech 13:5
    75%

    5 but he will say, 'I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.'

  • Amos 1:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

    2 He said: "Yahweh will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will wither."

  • Amos 8:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1 Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit.

    2 He said, "Amos, what do you see?" I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then Yahweh said to me, "The end has come on my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.

  • 2 Chr 25:15-16
    2 verses
    68%

    15 Therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, who said to him, "Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of your hand?"

    16 It happened, as he talked with him, that [the king] said to him, "Have we made you one of the king's counselors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?" Then the prophet stopped, and said, "I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel."

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    67%

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    66%

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  • Ezek 34:1-2
    2 verses
    66%

    1 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

    2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and tell them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn't the shepherds feed the sheep?

  • Ezek 34:7-8
    2 verses
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    7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:

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    66%

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    66%

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    66%

    1 Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard: There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig.

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    66%

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    3 verses
    65%

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    65%

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    65%

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    2 verses
    65%

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    65%

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    65%

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    65%

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    2 verses
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    64%

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