Thus says the Lord:/ Rejoice heartily, O daughter Zion,/ shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem!/ See, your king shall come to you;/ a just savior is he,/ meek, and riding on an ass,/ on a colt, the foal of an ass./ He shall banish the chariot from Ephraim,/ and the horse from Jerusalem;/ the warrior’s bow shall be banished,/ and he shall proclaim peace to the nations./ His dominion shall be from sea to sea,/ and from the River to the ends of the earth.

Thus says the Lord:/ On that day I will raise up/ the fallen hut of David;/ I will wall up its breaches,/ raise up its ruins,/ and rebuild it as in the days of old,/ That they may conquer what is left of Edom/ and all the nations that shall bear my name,/ say I, the Lord, who will do this./ Yes, days are coming,/ says the Lord,/ When the plowman shall overtake the reaper,/ and the vintager, him who sows the seed;/ The juice of grapes shall drip down the mountains,/ and all the hills shall run with it./ I will bring about the restoration of my people Israel;/ they shall rebuild and inhabit their ruined cities,/ Plant vineyards and drink the wine,/ set out gardens and eat the fruits./ I will plant them upon their own ground;/ never again shall they be plucked/ From the land I have given them,/ say I, the Lord, your God.

Brothers and sisters: You are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone.

Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam, king of Israel: “Amos has conspired against you here within Israel; the country cannot endure all his words.