# Amos 1:2

> He said:
“The LORD roars from Zion
and raises His voice from Jerusalem;
the pastures of the shepherds mourn,
and the summit of Carmel withers.”

— Amos 1:2, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem
- **Zion** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/zion
- **Mount Carmel** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/mount-carmel

## When

- c. 760 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Amos 1:1 dates itself by two simultaneous reigns (Uzziah in Judah and Jeroboam II in Israel) and by an earthquake, two years before it.

## Who ruled

- **Jeroboam II**, king of Israel, 793-753 BC · Source: 2 Kings 14:23-29; Amos 1:1 and Hosea 1:1 date their own prophecies by his reign; the Samaria ostraca
- **Uzziah**, king of Judah, 792-740 BC · Source: 2 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Chronicles 26; Isaiah 6:1, which dates the vision by the year of his death

## See also

- Joel 3:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/16
- Jeremiah 25:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/25/30
- Isaiah 42:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/42/13
- Amos 9:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/9/3
- Jeremiah 12:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/12/4
- Nahum 1:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/1/4

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1/2
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).