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

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