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Amos 1:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

He said: The Lord roars  from Zion and makes his voice heard from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn,  , and the summit of Carmel   withers.

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The Lord will roar from Zion and make his voice heard from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will shake. But the Lord will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the Israelites.


‘As for you, you are to prophesy all these things to them, and say to them: The Lord roars from on high; he makes his voice heard from his holy dwelling. He roars loudly over his grazing land; he calls out with a shout, like those who tread grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.


If they hide on the top of Carmel, from there I will track them down and seize them; if they conceal themselves from my sight on the sea floor, from there I will command the sea serpent to bite them.


How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field wither? Because of the evil of its residents, animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, ‘He cannot see what our end will be.’  ,


The Lord advances like a warrior; he stirs up his zeal like a soldier. He shouts, he roars aloud, he prevails over his enemies.


He rebukes the sea and dries it up, and he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; even the flower of Lebanon withers.


The Lord makes his voice heard in the presence of his army. His camp is very large; those who carry out his command are powerful. Indeed, the day of the Lord is terrible and dreadful   – who can endure it?


I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs and tear open the rib cage over their hearts. I will devour them there like a lioness, like a wild beast that would rip them open.


I will return Israel to his grazing land, and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan; he will be satisfied in the hill country of Ephraim and of Gilead.


Judah mourns; her city gates languish. Her people are on the ground in mourning; Jerusalem’s cry rises up.


It will blossom abundantly and will also rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendour of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the  Lord, the splendour of our God.


The land mourns and withers; Lebanon is ashamed and wilted. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.


A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion; anyone who provokes him endangers himself.


A man in Maon  had a business in Carmel;  he was a very rich man with three thousand sheep and one thousand goats and was shearing his sheep in Carmel.


The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, disaster,  and plague against many lands and great kingdoms.


They will follow the  Lord; he will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.


I call to you,  Lord, for fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness, and flames have devoured all the trees of the orchard.





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