1 The words of Amos, ^awho was among the shepherds¹ of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of ^bUzziah king of Judah and in the days of ^cJeroboam the son of ^dJoash, king of Israel, two years² before the ^eearthquake.

14 Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, “I was¹ no prophet, nor a prophet’s son, but ^pI was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs. 15 But the Lord took me ^qfrom following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’