Amos 7:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: ”

Amos 7:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I was no prophet - The order of the words is emphatic. “No prophet I, and no prophet’s son I, for a herdsman I, and dresser of sycamores.” It may be, Amos would meet, for the people’s sake, Amazi...
Amos 7:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I [was] no (h) prophet, neither [was] I a prophet's son; but I [was] an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: (h) Thus he shows by his extraordinary cal...
Amos 7:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Effect of Amos-' Public Utterances. A historical episode is here interposed. Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, interrupts the work of Amos, charging him, by twisting his words, with conspiracy ( Amos...
Amos 7:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a prophet's son. Prophets were not hereditary as priests were. Compare Hebrews 1:1 . herdman. See notes on Amos 1:1 , gatherer . preparer.
Amos 7:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet Amos first pleads for himself, that he was not at liberty to obey the counsel of Amaziah, because he could not renounce a calling to which he was appointed. As then he had been sent...
Amos 7:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: I was no prophet - I am an extraordinary messen...
Amos 7:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I was no prophet, &c.— Houbigant reads this, I am no prophet, neither am I a prophet's son; that is, "I am not accustomed to act as a prophet; this is not my condition of life, and therefore...
Amos 7:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I wa...
Amos 7:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Three Visions and an Interruption 1-9. The visions. 10-17 . The interruption. There are two senses in which the word 'Vision' may be used of one of the forms of Hebrew prophecy. In the first se...
Amos 7:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I was ... — An interesting biographical touch. Prophecy, like other occupations, tended to form a hereditary guild, but Amos was not by birth a prophet. The word for “gatherer” is rendered in the LX...
Amos 7:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

5. THE PROPHET AND HIS MINISTRY Amos 7:1-17 - Amos 8:1-4 We have seen the preparation of the Man for the Word; we have sought to trace to its source the Word which came to the Man. It now rem...
Amos 7:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Herdsman's Message Amos 7:1-17 The king's mowings were the earliest yield of the grasslands, which were exacted by him. Our King also has His mowings, when He takes to Himself our dearest...
Amos 7:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this division the prophet gave a fivefold vision of judgment, introduced in the first four cases by the words, "The Lord God showed me." The last vision was of Jehovah Himself. The vision of the l...
Amos 7:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Blessed be the Lord for making his servants faithful. Who but must admire the humbleness and modesty of Amos, in his account of his call to the ministry! And who but must be delighted with the firmne...
Amos 7:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah ,.... With much freedom, boldness, and intrepidity, and yet with modesty and humility; not at all moved by his frowns or his flattery: I [was] no prophet, n...
Amos 7:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I [was] no prophet, neither [was] I a prophet's son; but I [was] an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: Ver. 14. Then answered Amos and said to Am...
Amos 7:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I was no prophet Not originally, or by study, or by any human designation; neither was I a prophet's son Neither was I bred up at the schools of the prophets; as those usually were who took that...
Amos 7:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amaziah's Charge against Amos; Amaziah's Doom. B. C. 785. 10 Then Amaziah the priest o...
Amos 7:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Then answered Amos: so soon as this false accuser had under the vizard of friendship given advice, and withal intimated his resolution to use his authority to make Amos desist if he did not do it v...
Amos 7:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Four Visions ( Amos 7:1 to Amos 8:14 ). In a similar way to the seven judgments in Amos 1:2 to Amos 2:5 , followed by the expanded judgment on Israel, which all initially followed a simil...
Amos 7:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . ] Amos 7:10 .] The prophet opposed at Bethel on account of these predictions. Conspired ] Heb. banded , implying that others joined. There is a charge of conspiracy and sediti...
Amos 7:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Amos 7:10-15 I. There is something very wonderful, and at the same time most natural, in the expansion of mind which a man brought up as Amos was, acquires when he has been raised out of himself a...
Amos 7:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 7:1 . He formed grasshoppers, which are the same as the locusts. After the king's mowings. It is supposed that the first grass, or the proud corn cut with the scythe, was a tribute to the k...
Amos 7:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel. The conventional and the genuine priests of a people I. The conventional priest. Amaziah was chief priest of the royal sanc...
Amos 7:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-ch. 9:10 Part III . FIVE VISIONS , WITH EXPLANATIONS , CONTINUING AND CONFIRMING THE PREVIOUS PROPHECY . The afflictions are climactic, increasing in inte...
Amos 7:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prophet at Bethel
Amos 7:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:27 ; 1 Kings 20:35 ; 2 Chronicles 16:7 ; 2 Chronicles 19:2 ; 2 Chronicles 20:34 ; 2 Kings 2:3 ; 2 Kings 2:5 ; 2 Kings 2:7 ; 2 Kings 4:38 ; 2 Kings 6:1 ; Amos 1:1 ; Zechari...
Amos 7:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

No prophet — Not originally, or by study, or by any human designation. An herdman — By breeding and occupation I was and still am, an herdman. Sycamore fruit — This fruit was good food for man, or...

Amos 7:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 7:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Amos 7:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 7:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 7:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 7:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 7:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Amos 7:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 7:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 7:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 7:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 7:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 7:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 7:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 7:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 7:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 7:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 7:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 7:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 7:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 7:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 7:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Amos 7:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 7:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 7:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 7:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 7:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 7:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes