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Amos 7:15
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
took: 2 Samuel 7:8, Psalms 78:70-72, Matthew 4:18, Matthew 4:19, Matthew 9:9
as I followed: Heb. from behind
Go: Jeremiah 1:7, Ezekiel 2:3, Ezekiel 2:4, Luke 24:46-48, Acts 1:8, Acts 4:20, Acts 5:20, Acts 5:29-32
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:2 - And Abel Genesis 47:3 - What is Exodus 3:1 - kept 1 Samuel 16:19 - with the sheep 1 Chronicles 17:7 - I took thee Psalms 131:1 - neither Proverbs 30:3 - neither Jeremiah 13:15 - for Jeremiah 17:16 - I have Jeremiah 26:12 - The Lord Matthew 15:5 - ye say John 3:27 - A man John 7:15 - letters 1 Corinthians 9:16 - for
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the Lord took me as I followed the flock,.... Or "from behind" it u; a description of a shepherd, such an one Amos was, and in this employ when the Lord called him, and took him to be a prophet; he did not seek after it, nor did he take this honour to himself; by which it appears that his mission was divine, and that he did not enter on this work with lucrative views: thus God took David in a like state of life, and made him king of Israel; and Elisha from the plough, and made him a prophet: and Christ several of his disciples from being fishermen, and made them fishers of men, or ministers of the word; and so their call appeared more clear and manifest;
and the Lord said unto me; in a vision or dream by night; or by an articulate voice he heard; or by an impulse upon his spirit, which comes from the Spirit of God:
go, prophesy unto my people Israel; for so they were by profession, and notwithstanding their apostasy; as yet they were not tallied "Loammi", Hosea 1:9; to these the prophet was bid to go out of the land of Judea, where he was a herdsman, and prophesy in the name of the Lord to them; wherefore what he did was in obedience to the command of God, and he did but his duty; and what he in this verse and Amos 7:14 declares, is a sufficient vindication of himself, his character, and conduct; and having done this, he has something to say to the priest, as follows.
u מאתרי צאן "de post pecus", Montanus; "de post gregem", Vatablus; "a post gregem", Liveleus.
