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Amos 7

Amos 7:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
took
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
me θas I followed
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
the flock
tso'n (Hebrew #6629)
from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
KJV usage: (small) cattle, flock (+ -s), lamb (+ -s), sheep((-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds)).
Pronounce: tsone
Origin: or tsaown (Psalm 144:13) {tseh-one'}
, and the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto me, Go
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
, prophesy
naba' (Hebrew #5012)
to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
KJV usage: prophesy(-ing), make self a prophet.
Pronounce: naw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
unto my people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
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θ
from behind.

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Flock,
Israel,
Prophecy; Prophet

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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took.
2 Sam. 7:8• 8Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people over Israel: (2 Sam. 7:8)
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Psa. 78:70‑72• 70And he chose David his servant,{HR}And took him from the sheepfold;
 71From behind suckling [ewes] he brought him{HR}To feed Jacob his people and Israel his inheritance.
 72And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart,{HR}And in the skill of his hands he led them. (Psa. 78:70‑72)
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Matt. 4:18‑19• 18{i}And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers;{/i}
 19{i}and he says to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.{/i} (Matt. 4:18‑19)
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Matt. 9:9• 9{i}And Jesus, passing on thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, called Matthew, and says to him, Follow me. And he rose up and followed him.{/i} (Matt. 9:9)
as I followed.
Heb. from behind.
Go.
Jer. 1:7• 7{i}But Jehovah said unto me,{/i} Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. (Jer. 1:7)
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Ezek. 2:3‑4• 3{i}And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to nations that are rebellious,{/i} to rebellious Gentiles, that have rebelled against me; they and their fathers have transgressed against me unto this very day.
 4And the children are hard of face and stiff of heart. I send thee to them, and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 2:3‑4)
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Luke 24:46‑48• 46and said to them, Thus it is written that the Christ should suffer and arise from [the] dead the third day;
 47and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all the Gentiles beginning at Jerusalem.
 48Ye are witnesses of these things. (Luke 24:46‑48)
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Acts 1:8• 8But ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you; and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and unto the end of the earth. (Acts 1:8)
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Acts 4:20• 20for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard. (Acts 4:20)
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Acts 5:20,29‑32• 20Go and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this Life.
 29And in answer Peter and the apostles said, Obedience must be to God rather than men.
 30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom ye slew by hanging on a tree:
 31him God exalted with his right hand as Leader and Saviour to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins.
 32And we are [his] witnesses of these things and the Holy Spirit whom God gave to those that obey him. (Acts 5:20,29‑32)
• His claim to speak was the fruit of divine grace. Any power that Amos possessed was as a true prophet of Jehovah. (“Amos 7” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)