He said: "Yahweh will roar from Zion, And utter his voice from Jerusalem; And the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, And the top of Carmel will wither."
"Zion ...  Jerusalem ..." Amos' message to the northern kingdom thus begins with a stern reminder, "that God was to be worshipped only at Jerusalem."[12]  The apostate worship had been installed at Bethel and Samaria.  "Zion" is the poetic name for "Jerusalem," and in its extended meaning has an application to the church of Jesus our Lord.