1. The words of Amos, who was one of the sheep breeders from Tekoa — what he saw regarding Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
2. He said:The Lord roars from Zionand raises His voice from Jerusalem;the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.
3. The Lord says:I will not relent from punishing Damascus for three crimes, even four, because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges.
4. Therefore, I will send fire against Hazael’s palace,and it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.