World English Bible
"and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'"
— Amos 7:15, World English Bible
“And the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.”
“and Jehovah took me from following the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. ”
“Then the LORD took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission,‘Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!’”
“And the Lord took me when I followed the flock, and the Lord said to me: Go, prophesy to my people Israel.”
“And the Lord took me from the flock, and the Lord said to me, Go, be a prophet to my people Israel.”
“And the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.”
Amaziah also said to Amos, "You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
but don't prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house!"
Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;
and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'
Now therefore listen to the word of Yahweh: 'You say, Don't prophesy against Israel, and don't preach against the house of Isaac.'
Therefore thus says Yahweh: 'Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'"