Amos 1:1-5

1The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa—the vision he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash Hebrew Joash, a variant of Jehoash was king of Israel.

2He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and thunders from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds dry up, and the top of Carmel withers.”

Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors 3This is what the LORD says: “For three sins of Damascus, even for four, I will not relent. Because she threshed Gilead with sledges having iron teeth,

4I will send fire on the house of Hazael that will consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.

5I will break down the gate of Damascus; I will destroy the king who is in Or the inhabitants of the Valley of Aven Aven means wickedness. and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden. The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,” says the LORD .