1 The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel two years before the earthquake.
2 He said: The Lord roars from Zionand utters His voice from Jerusalem;the pastures of the shepherds languish,the top of Carmel withers.
3 Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Damascus,and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,because they have threshed Gileadwith threshing sledges of iron.
4 So I will send fire against the house of Hazael,and it will devour the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.
5 I will break the gate bar of Damascus;from the Valley of Aven I will cut off the one enthroned,and from Beth Eden the one who holds the scepter.The people of Aram will go into captivity to Kir,says the Lord.