Amos 1:1-2

New International Version

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)

²He 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

Amos 1:1 Hebrew Joash, a variant of Jehoash

Amos 5:14-15

New International Version

¹⁴Seek good, not evil,
    that you may live.^(A)
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
    just as you say he is.
¹⁵Hate evil,^(B) love good;^(C)
    maintain justice in the courts.^(D)
Perhaps^(E) the Lord God Almighty will have mercy^(F)
    on the remnant^(G) of Joseph.

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Amos 5:21-24

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²¹“I hate,^(A) I despise your religious festivals;^(B)
    your assemblies^(C) are a stench to me.
²²Even though you bring me burnt offerings^(D) and grain offerings,
    I will not accept them.^(E)
Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,
    I will have no regard for them.^(F)
²³Away with the noise of your songs!
    I will not listen to the music of your harps.^(G)
²⁴But let justice^(H) roll on like a river,
    righteousness^(I) like a never-failing stream!^(J)