Amos 1:1-2

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1 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 King Uzziah^(C) of Judah and Jeroboam^(D) son of Jehoash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.^(E)

²He said:

The Lord roars^(F) from Zion
and makes his voice heard from Jerusalem;
the pastures of the shepherds mourn,^[b]^(G)
and the summit of Carmel^(H) withers.

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Footnotes

1:1 Or the shepherds
1:2 Or dry up

Amos 5:14-15

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁴Pursue good and not evil
so that you may live,
and the Lord, the God of Armies,
will be with you
as you have claimed.^(A)
¹⁵Hate evil and love good;^(B)
establish justice at the city gate.^(C)
Perhaps the Lord, the God of Armies, will be gracious^(D)
to the remnant of Joseph.^(E)

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Amos 5:21-24

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²¹I hate, I despise, your feasts!^(A)
I can’t stand the stench
of your solemn assemblies.^(B)
²²Even if you offer me
your burnt offerings and grain offerings,^(C)
I will not accept them;^(D)
I will have no regard
for your fellowship offerings of fattened cattle.^(E)
²³Take away from me the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.^(F)
²⁴But let justice flow like water,
and righteousness, like an unfailing stream.^(G)

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