Amos 7:14-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:15

As I followed; literally, from after from behind, as in the call of David ( 2 Samuel 7:8 ; Psalms 78:70 ), The Divine call came to him suddenly and imperatively, and he must needs obey it. He, therefore, could not follow Amaziah's counsel. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:15

Prophecy Amos was one of the "goodly fellowship of the prophets," who once witnessed for God on earth, and who now praise God in heaven. There was a long succession of prophets in Hebrew history, and especially during one epoch of that history. The Christian dispensation has also enjoyed the benefit of prophetic gifts and prophetic ministrations. I. THE AUTHOR AND THE AUTHORITY OF PROPHECY . No true prophet ever spake the counsels of his own wisdom merely. The preface to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 7:14

I was no prophet - The order of the words is emphatic. “No prophet I, and no prophet’s son I, for a herdsman I, and dresser of sycamores.” It may be, Amos would meet, for the people’s sake, Amaziah’s taunt. He had a living, simple indeed, yet that of the prophets was as simple. But chiefly he tells them of the unusual character of his mission. He did not belong to the order of the prophets, nor had he been educated in the schools of the prophets, nor had he any human training. He was thinking... read more

Joseph Benson

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 7:15

took me: i.e., called me Prophets were called by Jehovah; not born prophets, or made prophets by man. See notes on 1 Samuel 10:5 .Hebrews 1:1 . as I followed, &c. Compare Psalms 78:70 , Psalms 78:71 . 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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 7:15

"And Jehovah took me from following the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go prophesy unto my people Israel."The acceptance of such a commission meant that Amos was no longer his own master, and that not even the words he was to deliver were to be his own, but the true Word of God. Thus it has ever been with the true prophet or apostle. (See Numbers 22:38; Jeremiah 20:9; and Acts 4:19-20.) Therefore, "Whoever sought to oppose the message of Amos opposed the Most High God."[42] Thus, Amaziah, in... 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

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