¹⁴ Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet^(A) nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.^(B)

¹⁵ But the Lord took me from tending the flock^(A) and said to me, ‘Go,^(B) prophesy^(C) to my people Israel.’^(D)