Amos 1:2

Amos 1:2 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)He said: “The Lord roars from Zion and thunders from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds dry up, and the top of Carmel withers.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said: "The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he said: “The Lord roars from Zion, And utters His voice from Jerusalem; The pastures of the shepherds mourn, And the top of Carmel withers.”

Context of Amos 1:2

1Amos was one of the shepherds who lived in the town of Tekoa. God spoke to him. He showed Amos the things that would happen to the people of Israel. God did that two years before the earthquake came. It was during the time that Uzziah was the king of Judah, and Joash's son, Jeroboam, was the king of Israel. This book tells about the message that Amos received from God. Amos said, ‘The Lord speaks loudly from Zion. Yes, he shouts from Jerusalem. As a result, the green fields will become dry and the grass will die. There will be nothing for the sheep to eat. Even the grass on Mount Carmel mountain will die.’ 3The Lord says, ‘The people in Damascus have done more and more wrong things. So I will certainly punish them! They have been cruel to the people in Gilead. They used their iron weapons to tear them into pieces. 4I will send a fire to destroy the palace that King Hazael built. It will destroy the strong buildings of King Ben-Hadad.

Amos 1:2 word by word

וַיֹּאמַ֓ר׀ יְהוָה֙ מִצִיּ֣וֹן יִשְׁאָ֔ג וּמִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם יִתֵּ֣ן קוֹל֑וֹ וְאָֽבְלוּ֙ נְא֣וֹת הָרֹעִ֔ים וְיָבֵ֖שׁ רֹ֥אשׁ הַכַּרְמֶֽל׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• will roarשָׁאַגshâ'ag · to roarH7580
• from Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
• and utterנָתַןnâthan · to give: cry outH5414
• his voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• from Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• and the habitationsנָוָהnâ'âh · habitationH4999
• of the shepherdsרָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
• shall mournאָבַל'âbal · to mournH56
• and the topרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
• of Carmelכַּרְמֶלkarmel · CarmelH3760
• shall witherיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001

Cross-references for Amos 1:2

• Amos 3:7Before the Lord God decides to send trouble, he first tells his prophets about it.
• Proverbs 20:2When the king is angry, he is as dangerous as a lion that roars. If you make him angry, you will lose your life.
• Isaiah 42:13The Lord marches out to battle, like a brave soldier. He is angry with his enemies, and he is ready to attack them. He shouts loudly as he attacks, and he shows his power over them.
• Jeremiah 25:30Now Jeremiah, prophesy this message against them: “The Lord will shout from his high place above. He will roar like a lion that is ready to attack his land. He will make a noise like thunder from his holy home. He will shout aloud like people who are stamping on grapes to make wine. He will shout against everyone who lives on the earth.
• Hosea 13:8I will attack them like an angry bear that has lost her children. I will tear them into pieces. I will eat them like a hungry lion. I will attack them and kill them, like a wild animal.
• Joel 2:11The Lord shouts aloud as he leads his army. We cannot count his soldiers. Those who obey him are very strong. The day of the Lord is powerful. It makes us afraid. Not many of us will be alive after it has gone.
• Joel 3:16The Lord will shout from Zion. He will make a great noise from Jerusalem. The earth and the sky will move about. But the Lord will keep his people safe.
• Amos 4:7‘Three months before your food was ready to pick, I did not send rain. So all the food became too dry. Sometimes I sent rain to one city, but I did not send it to other cities. I sent rain to one person's land, but I did not send it to another person's land. So that other person's land became too dry.
• Isaiah 33:9The land itself is dry and useless. Lebanon's forest is dying. Sharon has become like a desert. The trees in Bashan and Carmel have no leaves.
• Jeremiah 12:4Our land has been dry for a long time. The grass everywhere is dying. How long will this continue? The animals and the birds are dying. This has happened because the people who live in this land do wicked things. They like to boast, ‘God will not see what happens to us.’
• Jeremiah 14:2‘Judah's people are very sad and upset. The people in Judah's cities are becoming weak. They are sitting on the ground and they are weeping. Jerusalem's people call to me for help.
• Joel 1:9There will be no more gifts of food or drink. They will not reach the house of the Lord. The priests, the servants of the Lord, are very, very sad.
• 1 Samuel 25:2There was a very rich man who lived at Maon. His name was Nabal. He was a descendant of Caleb. His wife's name was Abigail. She was wise and beautiful. But Nabal was a cruel man who did evil things. Nabal had some land near Carmel. He had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats. He was with his men in Carmel as they cut the wool from his sheep.
• Isaiah 35:2Yes, there will be lots of flowers! The land will sing and shout with joy! The desert will be as beautiful as Lebanon. It will seem like lovely places in Carmel and in Sharon. In those places, people will see the Lord's glory. They will see that our God is very great.
• Jeremiah 50:19But I will bring Israel's people back to their own land. They will grow their crops on Carmel and in Bashan. They will have plenty of food to eat on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
• Nahum 1:4He can cause the sea and the rivers to become dry by one word. The fertile places of Bashan and Carmel become dry and the green forests of Lebanon die too.

Commentaries on Amos 1:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The Lord will roar from Zion - It is a pity that our translators had not followed the hemistich form of the Hebrew: - Jehovah from Zion shall roar, And from Jerusalem shall give forth his voice; And the pleasant dwellings of the shepherds shall mourn, And the top of mount Carmel shall wither. Carmel was a very fruitful mountain in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:56; Isaiah 35:2. This introduction was natural in the mouth of a herdsman who was familiar with…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The Lord will roar - Amos joins on his prophecy to the end of Joel‘s, in order at once in its very opening to attest the oneness of their mission, and to prepare people‘s minds to see, that his own prophecy was an expansion of those words, declaring the nearer and coming judgments of God. Those nearer judgments, however, of which he spake, were but the preludes of the judgments of the Great Day which Joel foretold, and of that last terrible voice of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2This message speaks about judgment on the day of the Lord (the time when God acts to judge and restore). Mount Zion, the place of the temple in Jerusalem, was the natural place for a message from the Lord to come. Mount Carmel rises near the Mediterranean Sea and usually has plenty of water, even during dry seasons. If the grass on Mount Carmel dried up, it would be a clear sign of a severe and widespread drought.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. will roar--as a lion (Joe 3:16). Whereas Jehovah is there represented roaring in Israel's behalf, here He roars against her (compare Psa 18:13; Jr 25:30). from Zion ... Jerusalem--the seat of the theocracy, from which ye have revolted; not from Dan and Beth-el, the seat of your idolatrous worship of the calves. habitations ... mourn--poetical personification. Their inhabitants shall mourn, imparting a sadness to the very habitations. Carmel--the…Read the comment

Topics related to Amos 1:2

• Carmel

In the dictionaries

• Carmel
• Jerusalem
• Carmel, Mount Carmel
• Bar
• Devour
• Jeroboam
• Amos (1)
• Choose; Chosen
• Criticism
• Cruel; Cruelty

Commentaries on Amos 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings