Amos 1:1-2

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Amos is Called to Prophesy

1 The words of Amos,^[a] who was among the sheep breeders of Tekoa, which he spoke^[b] concerning Israel during the reign of^[c] Uzziah, king of Judah and during the reign of^[d] Joash’s son Jeroboam, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

²He said, “From Zion the Lord roars,
and from Jerusalem he shouts aloud.
The shepherds’ pastures will languish,
and Carmel’s summit will wither.”

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Amos 1:1 The Heb. name Amos means burden
Amos 1:1 Lit. saw
Amos 1:1 Or in the days of
Amos 1:1 Or in the days of

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Amos is Called to Prophesy

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Amos 1:1-2

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