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Amos says he was not a prophet by profession or a prophet’s son. He describes himself as a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs, and says the LORD took him and sent him to prophesy to Israel. See Amos 7:14–15.
14Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet`s son; but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore-trees:
15and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.