Per the reading from Amos; anybody know what a “dresser of sycamores” is?
shaper?
pruner?
I just looked back at the Navarre commentary and nothing was there.
Amos, as a dresser of sycamores, was basically a gardener. Sycamore figs (not sycamores with the mottled bark we have here in the USA) need to be opened a few days before they ripen. By making a small cut in the end of each fig, the sap flows out, making them sweet and therefore palatable. Sycamore figs not treated this way are bland, and have a latex looking juice in them (yuck).