1 The words of Amos, who was among the asheepbreeders of bTekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of cUzziah king of Judah, and in the days of dJeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the eearthquake.
2 And he said:
“The Lord aroars from Zion,
And utters His voice from Jerusalem;
The pastures of the shepherds mourn,
And the top of bCarmel withers.”
“The Lord aroars from Zion,
And utters His voice from Jerusalem;
The pastures of the shepherds mourn,
And the top of bCarmel withers.”
Judgment on the Nations
3 Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of aDamascus, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they have bthreshed Gilead with implements of iron.
“For three transgressions of aDamascus, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they have bthreshed Gilead with implements of iron.
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