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Amos 7:12-15

Amos Confronts Amaziah

July 11, 2027

Shepherds with a Flock of Sheep, Ivan Aivazovsky
Shepherds with a Flock of Sheep, Ivan Aivazovsky, 1872National Museum in Warsaw
A rare inland subject from the great painter of the sea: a flock under a wide evening sky in the Crimean hills.I am no prophet, nor a prophet's son; I am a herdsman. Amos insists on his day job, and this is it.Ivan AivazovskyA Russian-Armenian marine painter (1817-1900) who produced around six thousand pictures of the sea, almost all of them from memory rather than from studies.National Museum in WarsawPoland's principal art museum, rebuilt and restocked after the systematic looting and destruction of the Second World War.National Museum in Warsaw
Roman Lectionary
GospelMark 6:7-13Mk 6:7-13
Second ReadingEph. 1:3-14Eph 1:3-14 orEph. 1:3-10Eph 1:3-10
First ReadingAmos 7:12-15Am 7:12-15
Responsorial PsalmPs. 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14 (8)Ps 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14 (8)

Overview & Insights

“I was no prophet... but the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’” (Amos 7:14-15)

The priest Amaziah orders Amos to stop prophesying at Bethel and to go earn his bread back in Judah. Amos answers that he is no professional prophet but a herdsman whom the Lord called and sent to Israel.

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Commentary

Working Preacher: Commentary on Amos 7:7-15Working Preacher: Commentary on Am 7:7-15 Working Preacher

A preaching focused reading of the clash with Amaziah.

Enduring Word: Amos 7Enduring Word: Am 7 Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse by verse evangelical commentary on the visions and confrontation.

Precept Austin: Amos 7 CommentaryPrecept Austin: Am 7 Commentary Precept Austin

A deep gathering of study notes and cross references.

Bible Hub: Amos 7:12 CommentariesBible Hub: Am 7:12 Commentaries BibleHub

Multiple commentators gathered on the exchange at Bethel.

Barnes' Notes on Amos 7Barnes' Notes on Am 7 StudyLight

A concise older commentary on the chapter.

Brant Pitre on the 15th Sunday Readings Catholic Productions · Brant Pitre

A Catholic reading of Amos and Amaziah set beside the day's Gospel.

Background & Word Study

Sefaria: Amos 7 (Hebrew)Sefaria: Am 7 (Hebrew) Sefaria

The Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary.

Bible Hub Interlinear: Amos 7Bible Hub Interlinear: Am 7 BibleHub

The Hebrew text with parsing and gloss for each word.

BibleProject: Overview of AmosBibleProject: Overview of Am BibleProject

An animated overview of the book and its call for justice.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Amos 7Catena: Am 7 Catena

Patristic comment on the prophet's call gathered by verse.

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