The Book of
Amos
1
1 The
words of Amos,
who was among
the herdsmen of
Tekoa, which he
saw concerning
Israel in the
days of Uzziah
king of Judah
and in the
days of Jeroboam
the son of
Joash, king of
Israel, two years
before the
earthquake.
2 He said:
“The LORD
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.”
3 The
LORD says:
“For three
transgressions of
Damascus, yes, for
four,
I will not
turn away
its punishment,
because they have
threshed Gilead
with threshing
instruments of
iron;
4 but I
will send a fire
into the house of
Hazael,
and it will devour
the palaces of Ben Hadad.
5 I
will break the
bar of Damascus,
and cut off
the inhabitant
from the valley
of Aven,
and him who
holds the scepter
from the house
of Eden;
and the people
of Syria shall go
into captivity to
Kir,”
says the LORD.
6 The
LORD says:
“For three
transgressions of
Gaza, yes, for
four,
I will not
turn away
its punishment,
because they
carried away
captive the
whole community,
to deliver them
up to Edom;
7 but I
will send a fire
on the wall
of Gaza,
and it will devour
its palaces.
8 I
will cut off
the inhabitant
from Ashdod,
and him who
holds the scepter
from Ashkelon;
and I will
turn my hand
against Ekron;
and the remnant
of the Philistines
will perish,”
says the Lord
GOD.
9 The
LORD says:
“For three
transgressions of
Tyre, yes, for
four,
I will not
turn away
its punishment;
because they
delivered up the
whole community to Edom,
and didn’t remember
the brotherly covenant;
10 but I
will send a fire
on the wall
of Tyre,
and it will devour
its palaces.”
11 The
LORD says:
“For three
transgressions of Edom, yes,
for four,
I will not
turn away
its punishment,
because he
pursued his brother
with the sword
and cast off
all pity,
and his
anger raged continually,
and he kept
his wrath forever;
12 but I
will send a fire
on Teman,
and it will devour
the palaces of Bozrah.”
13 The
LORD says:
“For three
transgressions of
the children of
Ammon, yes, for
four,
I will not
turn away
its punishment,
because they have
ripped open the
pregnant women of
Gilead,
that they may
enlarge their
border.
14 But
I will kindle
a fire in
the wall of
Rabbah,
and it will devour
its palaces,
with shouting in
the day of
battle,
with a storm
in the day
of the whirlwind;
15 and
their king will
go into captivity,
he and his
princes together,”
says the LORD.