Category Archives: Amos

1 The words of Amos, who was among thesheepbreeders ofTekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days ofUzziah king of Judah, and in the days ofJeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before theearthquake. 2 And he said: # “TheLordroars from Zion, And utters His voice from Jerusalem; The pastures of […]

1 Thus says theLord: # “For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away itspunishment, # Because heburned the bones of the king of Edom to lime. 2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, # And it shall devour the palaces ofKerioth; Moab shall die with tumult, With shoutingandtrumpet […]

Authority of the Prophet’s Message 1 Hear this word that theLordhas spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying: 2 “Youonly have I known of all the families of the earth; # Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.” 3 […]

1 Hear this word, youcows of Bashan, whoareon the mountain of Samaria, # Who oppress thepoor, Who crush the needy, # Who say to your husbands, “Bringwine,let usdrink!” 2 The LordGodhas sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days shall come upon you # When He will take you awaywith fishhooks, And your posterity with fishhooks. […]

A Lament for Israel 1 Hear this word which Itake up against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel: 2 The virgin of Israel has fallen; She will rise no more. She lies forsaken on her land; Thereisno one to raise her up. 3 For thus says the LordGod: “The city that goes out by […]

Warnings to Zion and Samaria 1 Woeto youwhoareatease in Zion, # Andtrust in Mount Samaria, # Notable persons in thechief nation, To whom the house of Israel comes! 2 Go over toCalneh and see; # And from there go toHamath the great; Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. # Areyoubetter than these kingdoms? […]

Vision of the Locusts 1 Thus the LordGodshowed me: Behold, He formed locust swarms at the beginning of the late crop; indeeditwasthe late crop after the king’s mowings. 2 And so it was, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said: “O LordGod, forgive, I pray! # Oh, that Jacob […]

Vision of the Summer Fruit 1 Thus the LordGodshowed me: Behold, a basket of summer fruit. 2 And He said, “Amos, what do you see?” So I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then theLordsaid to me: # “The end has come upon My people Israel; # I will not pass by them anymore. 3 […]

The Destruction of Israel 1 I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and He said: “Strike the doorposts, that the thresholds may shake, # Andbreak them on the heads of them all. I will slay the last of them with the sword. # He who flees from them shall not get away, And he […]