The Lord Roars

Amos 1:1–2 (Listen)

1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds¹ of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years² before the earthquake.

Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

2 And he said:

  “The LORD roars from Zion
    and utters his voice from Jerusalem;
  the pastures of the shepherds mourn,
    and the top of Carmel withers.”

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