Amos 1:2-4

Contemporary English Version

When the Lord roars
    from Jerusalem,
pasturelands and Mount Carmel
    dry up and turn brown.

I will punish Syria^[a]
for countless crimes,
    and I won’t change my mind.
They dragged logs with spikes^[b]
    over the people of Gilead.
⁴ Now I will burn down the palaces
and fortresses
of King Hazael
    and of King Benhadad.^[c]