And so what the LORD had foretold through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: "The land will lie desolate for seventy years, to make up for the Sabbath rest that has not been observed."

This book contains the messages about Judah and Jerusalem which God revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz during the time when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah.

Here is the message which God gave to Isaiah son of Amoz about Judah and Jerusalem:

These are the words of Amos, a shepherd from the town of Tekoa. Two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel, God revealed to Amos all these things about Israel.

Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, then sent a report to King Jeroboam of Israel: "Amos is plotting against you among the people. His speeches will destroy the country.

There in Babylonia beside the Chebar River, I heard the LORD speak to me, and I felt his power.

The people of Anathoth wanted me killed, and they told me that they would kill me if I kept on proclaiming the LORD's message.

that Hanamel, my uncle Shallum's son, would come to me with the request to buy his field at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin, because I was his nearest relative and had the right to buy it for myself.

I bought the field from Hanamel and weighed out the money to him; the price came to seventeen pieces of silver.

From the territory of Benjamin they were given four cities: Gibeon, Geba,

Anathoth, and Almon, with their pasture lands.

In the territory of Benjamin they were assigned the following towns with their pasture lands: Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth. This made a total of thirteen towns for all their families to live in.