9I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said: Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Bring them down on the heads of all the people; those who are left I will kill with the sword. Not one will get away, none will escape. 2...
8This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: a basket of ripe fruit. 2What do you see, Amos? he asked. A basket of ripe fruit, I answered. Then the Lord said to me, The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer. 3In that day, decl...
7This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts after the king's share had been harvested and just as the second crop was coming up. 2When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, Sovereign Lord , forgive! How can...
6Woe to you who are complacent in Zion, and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria, you notable men of the foremost nation, to whom the people of Israel come! 2Go to Calneh and look at it; go from there to great Hamath, and then go down to Gath in P...
5Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lament I take up concerning you: 2Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again, deserted in her own land, with no one to lift her up. 3This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The city that marches out a thousand...
4Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy and say to your husbands, Bring us some drinks! 2The Sovereign Lord has sworn by his holiness: The time will surely come when you will be taken a...
3Hear this word the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel-against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt: 2You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins. 3Do two walk together unl...
2This is what the Lord says: For three sins of Moab, even for four, I will not turn back [my wrath]. Because he burned, as if to lime, the bones of Edom's king, 2I will send fire upon Moab that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth. Moab will go dow...
1The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa-what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel. 2He said: The Lord roars from Zion and thunders from Jerusa...
