The words of Amos, who was one of the sheep breeders[a](A) from Tekoa(B)—what he saw regarding Israel in the days of Uzziah,(C) king of Judah, and Jeroboam(D) son of Jehoash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 1:1 Or the shepherds

The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa(A)—the vision he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake,(B) when Uzziah(C) was king of Judah and Jeroboam(D) son of Jehoash[a] was king of Israel.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 1:1 Hebrew Joash, a variant of Jehoash

for I am about to give the command,
and I will shake the house of Israel(A)
among all the nations,
as one shakes a sieve,
but not a pebble will fall to the ground.

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“For I will give the command,
    and I will shake the people of Israel
    among all the nations
as grain(A) is shaken in a sieve,(B)
    and not a pebble will reach the ground.(C)

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