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. ‡ Zec 14:52Ch 26:1-231Ki 19:192Ch 11:62Ch 20:202Sa 14:2Amo 7:141Co 1:27 +132 He said: ‡ Jol 3:16Jer 25:30Isa 42:13Amo 9:3Jer 12:4Nam 1:4Amo 3:7-8Amo 4:7-8 +10

“The LORD ¹ 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: ‡ 2Ki 10:32-332Ki 8:12Amo 1:9Amo 2:6Isa 8:4Jer 49:23-27Amo 1:13Amo 1:6 +14

“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, ‡ 2Ki 13:252Ki 13:32Ki 8:7-15Jer 49:272Ki 6:24Jer 17:271Ki 19:151Ki 20:1-22 +12

and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.

5 I will break the bar of Damascus, ‡ 2Ki 16:9Amo 9:7Jer 51:30Isa 43:14Lam 2:9Jer 50:36Nam 3:13

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: ‡ 2Ch 28:18Amo 1:11Oba 1:111Sa 6:17Amo 1:9Ezk 35:5Isa 14:29-31Jer 47:4-5 +8

“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, ‡ Zep 2:42Ki 18:8Jer 47:12Ch 26:6Amo 1:4Deu 32:35Deu 32:41-43Jer 25:18-20 +4

and it will devour its palaces.

8 I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, ‡ Ezk 25:16Isa 14:29-31Jer 47:4-5Zep 2:4-72Ch 26:6Isa 20:1Psa 81:14Zec 9:6 +3

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 ² GOD.

9 The LORD says: ‡ 1Ki 9:11-14Isa 23:1-18Jol 3:4-8Zec 9:2-42Ch 2:8-162Sa 5:11Ezk 26:1-211Ki 5:1-11 +5

“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, ‡ Zec 9:4Amo 1:7Amo 1:4Ezk 26:12

and it will devour its palaces.”

11 The LORD says: ‡ Ezk 25:12-142Ch 28:17Num 20:14-21Jol 3:19Mal 1:4Jer 49:7-22Psa 137:7Ezk 35:1-15 +16

“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, ‡ Jer 49:7Oba 1:9-10Jer 49:13Jer 49:20Jer 49:22Gen 36:11Gen 36:33Isa 34:6

and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah.”

13 The LORD says: ‡ Ezk 25:2-7Hos 13:16Jer 49:1-6Ezk 35:10Isa 5:8Zep 2:8-91Sa 11:1-22Ch 20:1 +13

“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, ‡ Amo 2:2Deu 3:11Jer 49:22Sa 12:26Isa 30:30Dan 11:40Ezk 25:5Isa 9:5 +3

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, ‡ Jer 49:3

he and his princes together,”

says the LORD.