Therefore, I will send fire against Hazael’s palace,
and it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.

Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Gaza,
and it will consume its citadels.

Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Tyre,
and it will consume its citadels.

Therefore, I will send fire against Teman,
and it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.

Therefore, I will send fire against Moab,
and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth.
Moab will die with a tumult,
with shouting and the sound of the ram’s horn.

Therefore, I will send fire against Judah,
and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.

I also withheld the rain from you
while there were still three months until harvest.
I sent rain on one city
but no rain on another.
One field received rain
while a field with no rain withered.

I sent plagues like those of Egypt;
I killed your young men with the sword,
along with your captured horses.
I caused the stench of your camp
to fill your nostrils,
yet you did not return to Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

So I will send you into exile beyond Damascus.” Yahweh, the God of Hosts, is His name. He has spoken.

They improvise songs to the sound of the harp
and invent their own musical instruments like David.

Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you right here in the house of Israel. The land cannot endure all his words,

Hear this! The days are coming—
this is the declaration of the Lord God—
when I will send a famine through the land:
not a famine of bread or a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the Lord.