¹⁸ I will raise up for them a prophet^(A) like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words^(B) in his mouth.^(C) He will tell them everything I command him.^{(D) 19} I myself will call to account^(E) anyone who does not listen^(F) to my words that the prophet speaks in my name.^(G)

The Call of Jeremiah

⁴ The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

¹⁴ Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet^(A) nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.^{(B) 15} But the Lord took me from tending the flock^(C) and said to me, ‘Go,^(D) prophesy^(E) to my people Israel.’^(F)