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Amos 7:14

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neither: 1 Kings 20:35; 2 Kings 2:3, 2 Kings 2:5, 2 Kings 2:7, 2 Kings 4:38, 2 Kings 6:1; 2 Chronicles 16:7, 2 Chronicles 19:2, 2 Chronicles 20:34

an herdman: Amos 1:1; Zechariah 13:5; 1 Corinthians 1:27

a gatherer: Rather, as bolais: is rendered by the LXX and Vulgate, κνιζων:, vellicans: "a scraping," or a scraper of sycamores; for the fruit does not ripen till it is rubbed with iron combs.

sycamore fruit: or, wild figs

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