The sound of battle comes from the city; the sound comes from the temple! It is the sound of the Lord paying back his enemies.
For look, the Lord is coming out of the place where he lives, to punish the sin of those who live on the earth. The earth will display the blood shed on it; it will no longer cover up its slain.
For the Lord has planned a day of revenge, a time when he will repay Edom for her hostility toward Zion.
He repays them for what they have done, dispensing angry judgment to his adversaries and punishing his enemies. He repays the coastlands.
Amos said: “The Lord comes roaring out of Zion; from Jerusalem he comes bellowing! The shepherds’ pastures wilt; the summit of Carmel withers.”
She was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling to give birth.