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Amos 7:15

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Amos 7:15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Amos 7:15

Theological / Devotional

As I followed the flock. Literally, “from behind the flock” (see 2 Sam. 7:8; Ps. 78:70). God’s commission was imperative, and Amos could not but obey it. Now was no time for the prophet to turn back just because Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, opposed him.

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