Amos 1:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And he said, The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.”
Amos 1:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Amos 1:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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Amos 1:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He said: “Yahweh will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will wither.””
Amos 1:2 — World English Bible
Amos 1:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And he said, Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. ”
Amos 1:2 — American Standard Version
Amos 1:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and he saith: Jehovah from Zion doth roar, And from Jerusalem giveth forth His voice, And mourned have pastures of the shepherds, And withered hath the top of Carmel!”
Amos 1:2 — Young's Literal Translation
Amos 1:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he said, Jehovah roareth from Zion, and uttereth his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withereth. ”
Amos 1:2 — Darby Translation
Amos 1:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And he saide, The Lord shall roare from Zion, and vtter his voyce from Ierusalem, and the dwelling places of the shepheards shall perish, and the top of Carmel shall wither,”
Amos 1:2 — Geneva Bible
Amos 1:2 in Context — Amos 1
1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
2 And he said, The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
3 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben–hadad.
What Does Amos 1:2 Mean?
Amos 1:2 is a verse from the Book of Amos, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Amos chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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