The words of Amos, who was one of the sheepbreeders from Tekoa, which he received in a vision concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. He said:
The LORD roars from Zion,
and raises his voice from Jerusalem;
The pastures of the shepherds languish,
and the summit of Carmel withers.