He will say, “I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased me as a servant since my youth.”
So Amos answered Amaziah, ‘I was not a prophet or the son of a prophet; , rather, I was a herdsman, and I took care of sycamore figs.
If someone asks him, “What are these wounds on your chest?” #– #then he will answer, “I received the wounds in the house of my friends.”