Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
took me as I followed the flock—So David was taken (II Samuel 7:8; Psalms 78:70-71). Messiah is the antitypical Shepherd (Psalms 23:1-6; John 10:1-18).
unto my people—"against" [MAURER]; so Amos 7:16. Jehovah claims them still as His by right, though slighting His authority. God would recover them to His service by the prophet's ministry.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Amos 7:15:
Amos 6:14
Amos 7:10
Amos 7:14
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