Amos 1:2 (GNV)

Passage

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,

Nearby Context

Amos 1:1 The wordes of Amos, who was among the heardmen at Tecoa, which he sawe vpon Israel, in the dayes of Vzziah king of Iudah, and in the dayes of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioash King of Israel, two yeere before the earthquake.

Amos 1:2 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 1:3 Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of Damascus, and for foure I will not turne to it, because they haue threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of yron.

Amos 1:4 Therefore will I sende a fire into the house of Hazael, and it shall deuoure the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saide", "lord", "shall", "roare", "zion", "vtter", "voyce", and "ierusalem". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saide" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "The wordes of Amos who was among..." into verse 3's "Thus saith the Lord For three transgressions...", so "saide" and "lord" belong inside that flow. In Amos context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "saide" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.