“So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael
And it will consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.

“So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza
And it will consume her citadels.

“So I will send fire upon the wall of Tyre
And it will consume her citadels.”

“So I will send fire upon Teman
And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.”

“So I will send fire upon Moab
And it will consume the citadels of Kerioth;
And Moab will die amid tumult,
With war cries and the sound of a trumpet.

“So I will send fire upon Judah
And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

“Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you
While there were still three months until harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city
And on another city I would not send rain;
One part would be rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.

“I sent a plague among you after the manner of Egypt;
I slew your young men by the sword along with your captured horses,
And I made the stench of your camp rise up in your nostrils;
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.

“Take away from Me the noise of your songs;
I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.

Who improvise to the sound of the harp,
And like David have composed songs for themselves,

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.

“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
“When I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water,
But rather for hearing the words of the Lord.