1. The words of Amos, who was one of the sheepbreeders from Tekoa, which he received in a vision concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
2. He said:The Lord roars from Zion,and raises his voice from Jerusalem;The pastures of the shepherds languish,and the summit of Carmel withers.
3. Thus says the Lord:For three crimes of Damascus, and now four—I will not take it back—Because they threshed Gileadwith sledges of iron,
4. I will send fire upon the house of Hazael,and it will devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.
5. I will break the barred gate of Damascus;From the Valley of Aven I will cut off the one enthroned,And the sceptered ruler from Beth-eden;the people of Aram shall be exiled to Kir, says the Lord.