Who pluckmallowby the bushes,And whose foodis the rootof the broomshrub.
But he himselfwenta day'sjourneyinto the wilderness,and cameand satdownundera junipertree;and he requestedfor himselfthat he might die,and said,"It is enough;now,O LORD,takemy life,for I am not betterthanmy fathers."
"From wantand faminethey are gauntWho gnawthe dryground by nightin wasteand desolation,
"They are drivenfrom the community;They shoutagainstthem as [against] a thief,
Then Amosrepliedto Amaziah,"I am not a prophet,noram I the sonof a prophet;for I am a herdsmanand a growerof sycamorefigs.
"And he would have gladlyfilledhis stomachwith the podsthat the swinewere eating,and no onewas giving[anything] to him.
