Amos Chapter 1 Back Next{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.
{1:2} 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."
{1:3} Thus says Yahweh: "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;
{1:4} but I will send a
fire into the house of
Hazael, and it will devour the palaces of
Ben Hadad.
{1:5} 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 Yahweh.
{1:6} Thus says Yahweh: "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;
{1:7} but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its palaces.
{1:8} 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 Yahweh.
{1:9} Thus says Yahweh: "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;
{1:10} but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its palaces."
{1:11} Thus says Yahweh: "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;
{1:12} but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour the palaces of
Bozrah."
{1:13} Thus says Yahweh: "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.
{1:14} 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;
{1:15} and their king will go into captivity, he and his princes together," says Yahweh.
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