Amos 1:1-2

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

1 The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of King Uzziah of Judah and in the days of King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years^[a] before the earthquake.

Judgement on Israel’s Neighbours

²And he said:

The Lord roars from Zion,
and utters his voice from Jerusalem;
the pastures of the shepherds wither,
and the top of Carmel dries up.

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Amos 1:1 Or during two years

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)

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