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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 7:14-15

Amos 7:14-15. I was no prophet Not originally, or by study, or by any human designation; neither was I a prophet’s son Neither was I bred up at the schools of the prophets; as those usually were who took that office upon them. But I was a herdman By breeding and occupation I was, and still am, a herdman; and a gatherer of sycamore fruit I got my livelihood also in part by gathering wild figs for those who had occasion for them. The Lord took me, &c. As I was following my flock,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 7:10-17

Amos and Amaziah (7:10-17)Amaziah the priest heard Amos’s preaching at Bethel, and was furious that he so boldly denounced Israel’s religious practices. He planned to get rid of the unwelcome prophet by accusing him of treason because of his announcements of judgment on the royal house (10-11; see also v. 9).The king apparently took no interest in the priest’s accusations. Amaziah therefore tried to persuade Amos to return to Judah, where people would welcome his prophecies against Israel and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 7:14

a prophet's son. Prophets were not hereditary as priests were. Compare Hebrews 1:1 . herdman. See notes on Amos 1:1 , gatherer = preparer. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 7:14

"Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore trees."This was leveled squarely at Amaziah's unjust charge, by implication, that Amos was a cheap "seer" picking up a little money where he might for prophesying against Israel, there being also some implications in Amos' reply, namely, that the regular line of prophets, especially those identified as "the sons of the prophets," those attending the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Amos 7:14

Amos 7:14. I was no prophet, &c.— Houbigant reads this, I am no prophet, neither am I a prophet's son; that is, "I am not accustomed to act as a prophet; this is not my condition of life, and therefore it is in vain that you bid me to go and prophesy in Judah; I have only this once taken upon me the person and office of a prophet, because such was God's immediate command to me." We may collect from this answer, that Amos did not prophesy at other periods of his life; but that what we now... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Amos 7:14

14. I was no prophet—in answer to Amaziah's insinuation ( :-), that he discharged the prophetical office to earn his "bread" (like Israel's mercenary prophets). So far from being rewarded, Jehovah's prophets had to expect imprisonment and even death as the result of their prophesying in Samaria or Israel: whereas the prophets of Baal were maintained at the king's expense (compare 1 Kings 18:19). I was not, says Amos, of the order of prophets, or educated in their schools, and deriving a... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 7:10-17

B. An intervening incident 7:10-17The event described in this pericope evidently followed and grew out of the preceding visions that Amos announced (Amos 7:1-9). Certain key words occur in both sections of the book but not elsewhere in it: Isaac (Amos 7:9; Amos 7:16) and sanctuary (Amos 7:9-11). Also the historical incident is a concrete example of God’s plumb line in operation, but here it judged individuals. The prophet Amos passed the test, but one of the priests of Bethel, Amaziah, failed... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 7:14

Amos replied that he was not a prophet by his own choosing; he did not decide to pursue prophesying as a career. Neither had he become a prophet because his father had been one. In Amos’ culture it was common and expected for sons to follow in their father’s line of work, though this was not true of genuine prophets. It is possible that Amos meant that he was not the son of a prophet in the sense that he had not been trained in one of the schools of the prophets under the tutelage of a fatherly... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 7:14-17

2. The response 7:14-17 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:1-17

Three Visions and an Interruption1-9. The visions. 10-17. The interruption.There are two senses in which the word ’Vision’ may be used of one of the forms of Hebrew prophecy. In the first sense a state of mind closely akin to that of a dreamer is intended: ’I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream’ (Numbers 12:6). The prophet falls into a kind of ecstasy, and has no control over the pictures which pass before his mind. Every one will remember the... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 7:14-15

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 7:10-17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 7:14

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 7:14

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Amos 7:14

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Amos 7:14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 7:10-17

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 7:14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 7:14-17

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:1-17

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