And one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! Behold, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.

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But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets, saying, 'You shall not prophesy.'

And Amaziah said to Amos, " seer, go, flee to the land of Judah and earn food there and prophesy there!"

for I am full of words; {the spirit within me} urges me.

But [if] I say, "I will not mention him and I will no longer speak in his name," then it becomes in my heart like a fire burning, locked up in my bones, and I struggle to contain [it], and I am not able.

For we are not able to refrain from speaking about [the things] that we have seen and heard."

"Go and stand in the temple [courts] [and] proclaim to the people all the words of this life."

For if I proclaim the gospel, it is not to me a reason for boasting, for necessity is imposed on me. For woe is to me if I do not proclaim the gospel.

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And I will be like a lion to them; I lie in wait beside [the] way, like a leopard.