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Amos 1:1-2
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1 This is the message of Amos, one of the shepherds from the city Tekoa. He saw visions about Israel during the time that Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Joash was king of Israel. This was two years before the earthquake.

Punishment for Aram

2 Amos said,
“The Lord will shout like a lion in Zion.
    His loud voice will roar from Jerusalem.
The green pastures of the shepherds will turn brown and die.
    Even Mount Carmel[a] will become dry.”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 1:2 Mount Carmel A mountain in northern Israel. The name means “God’s vineyard.” This shows that it was a very fertile hill.
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Amos 1:1-2
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1 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)

2 He said:

“The Lord roars(F) from Zion
    and thunders(G) from Jerusalem;(H)
the pastures of the shepherds dry up,
    and the top of Carmel(I) withers.”(J)

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Footnotes

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