Undeterred by this verbal onslaught, Amos answered: “I was not a prophet, neither was I the son of a prophet; but I was a herdsman and a nipper of figs of sycamore trees.
Pa u habitur shumë nga ky sulm i tërbuar fjalësh, Amosi iu përgjigj: « Unë nuk isha profet dhe as bir profeti, por isha bari dhe rrisja fiq egjipti.