I was no prophet - The order of the words is emphatic. “No prophet am I, and no prophet’s son am I; for a herdsman am I, and a dresser o…

I was ...—An interesting biographical touch. Prophecy, like other occupations, tended to form a hereditary guild, but Amos was not…

The Prophet Amos first pleads for himself that he was not at liberty to obey the counsel of Amaziah, because he could not renounce a calling to whi…

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah
With much freedom, boldness, and intrepidity, and yet with modesty and humil…

It is nothing new for the accusers of fellow believers to misrepresent them as enemies to the king and kingdom, as traitors to their prince, and tr…