Then one of the elders said to me, "Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered; thus he can open the scroll and its seven seals."

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"But you made the Nazirites drink wine; you commanded the prophets, 'Do not prophesy!'

Amaziah then said to Amos, "Leave, you visionary! Run away to the land of Judah! Earn your living and prophesy there!

For I am full of words, and the spirit within me constrains me.

Sometimes I think, "I will make no mention of his message. I will not speak as his messenger any more." But then his message becomes like a fire locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul. I grow weary of trying to hold it in; I cannot contain it.

for it is impossible for us not to speak about what 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 preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

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So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.