23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah ben Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam ben Jehoash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years. 24 And he did evil in the sight of the L-RD; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam ben Nebat, which he made Israel sin. 25 He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the L-RD, the God of Israel, which He spoke through His servant Jonah ben Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher. 26 For the L-RD saw the affliction of Israel, which was very bitter; for there was neither bond nor free, nor was there any helper for Israel. 27 And the L-RD did not say that He would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, but He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam ben Joash.

28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did and his might, how he fought and how he recovered for Israel, Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel, and Zechariah his son became king in his place.

1 The word of the L-RD which came to Hosea the son of Beeri, during the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

1 The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders from Tekoa, which he envisioned in visions 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.
2 And he said,
"The L-RD roars from Zion,
And from Jerusalem He utters His voice;
And the shepherds' pasture grounds mourn,
And the summit of Carmel dries up."

3 Thus says the L-RD,
"For three transgressions of Damascus and for four I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they threshed Gilead with implements of sharp iron.
4 "So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael,
And it will consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.
5 "I will also break the gate bar of Damascus,
And cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven,
And him who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden;
So the people of Aram will go exiled to Kir,"
Says the L-RD.

6 Thus says the L-RD,
"For three transgressions of Gaza and for four I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they deported an entire population
To deliver it up to Edom.
7 "So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza,
And it will consume her citadels.
8 "I will also cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,
And him who holds the scepter, from Ashkelon;
I will even unleash My power upon Ekron,
And the remnant of the Philistines will perish,"
Says the L-rd G-D.

9 Thus says the L-RD,
"For three transgressions of Tyre and for four I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they delivered up an entire population to Edom
And did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.
10 "So I will send fire upon the wall of Tyre,
And it will consume her citadels."

11 Thus says the L-RD,
"For three transgressions of Edom and for four I will not revoke its punishment,
Because he pursued his brother with the sword,
While he stifled his compassion;
His anger also tore continually,
And he maintained his fury forever.
12 "So I will send fire upon Teman,
And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah."

13 Thus says the L-RD,
"For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon and for four I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead In order to enlarge their borders.
14 "So I will kindle a fire on the wall of Rabbah,
And it will consume her citadels
Amid war cries on the day of battle
And a storm on the day of tempest.
15 "Their king will go into exile,
He and his princes together," says the L-RD.

7 Thus He showed me, and behold, the L-rd was standing by a vertical wall, with a plumb line in His hand.
8 And the L-RD said to me, "What do you see, Amos?"
And I said, "A plumb line."
Then the L-rd said,

"Behold I am about to put a plumb line
In the midst of My people Israel.
I will spare them no longer.
9 "The high places of Isaac will be desolated
And the sanctuaries of Israel laid waste.
Then shall I rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword."

10 Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam, king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words. 11 "For thus Amos says, 'Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.'" 12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, "Go, you seer, flee away to the land of Judah, and there eat bread and there do your prophesying! 13 "But no longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a sanctuary of the king and a royal residence."

14 Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, "I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs. 15 "But the L-RD took me from following the flock and the L-RD said to me, 'Go prophesy to My people Israel.' 16 "And now hear the word of the L-RD: you are saying, 'You shall not prophesy against Israel nor shall you speak against the house of Isaac.' 17 "Therefore, thus says the L-RD, 'Your wife will become a harlot in the city, your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line, and you yourself will die upon unclean soil. Moreover, Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.'"