²⁶ For the Lord ^(A)saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter; and whether bond or free, ^(B)there was no helper for Israel.

Judgments on Israel’s Neighbors

1 The words of Amos, who was among the ^(A)sheepbreeders of ^(B)Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of ^(C)Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of ^(D)Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the ^(E)earthquake.

¹³ Thus says the Lord: