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Amos 7:14-16

14Then Amosעָמוֹס֙'a.mOsH5986repliedוַיַּ֤עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030to Amaziahאֲמַצְיָ֔ה'a.matz.YahH558, “I am not a prophetנָבִ֣יאna.Vi'H5030,norH3808am I thesonבֶן־ven-H1121of a prophetנָבִ֖יאna.Vi'H5030;for I am a herdsmanבוֹקֵ֥רvo.KerH951and agrowerH1103ofH1103sycamoreשִׁקְמִֽים׃shik.MimH8256figsH1103.

15But the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068tookוַיִּקָּחֵ֣נִיvai.yi.ka.Che.niH3947me fromfollowingמֵאַחֲרֵ֖יme.'a.cha.ReiH310the flockהַצֹּ֑אןha.TzonH6629,and the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to me, ‘Goלֵ֥ךְlekhH1980prophesyהִנָּבֵ֖אhi.na.Ve'H5012to My peopleעַמִּ֥י'a.MiH5971Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.’

16So nowוְעַתָּ֖הve.'a.TahH6258hearשְׁמַ֣עshe.Ma'H8085the wordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068:you are sayingאֹמֵ֗ר'o.MerH559, ‘Youshall not prophesyתִנָּבֵא֙ti.na.Ve'H5012againstעַל־'al-H5921Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478norH3808shall youprophesyתַטִּ֖יףta.TifH5197againstעַל־'al-H5921the houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of IsaacH3327.’

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