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Amos 1
1 The words of Amos, who was among the (a)shepherds[a] of (b)Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel (c)in the days of (d)Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of (e)Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years[b] before (f)the earthquake.
Judgment on Israel's Neighbors
2 And he said:
(g)"The Lord roars from Zion
and utters his voice from Jerusalem;
(h)the pastures of the shepherds mourn,
and the (i)top of (j)Carmel withers."
3 Thus says the Lord:
(k)"For three transgressions of (l)Damascus,
and for four, (m)I will not revoke the punishment,[c]
because they have threshed (n)Gilead
with threshing sledges of iron.
4 (o)So I will send a fire upon the house of (p)Hazael,
and it shall devour the strongholds of (q)Ben-hadad.
5 I will (r)break the gate-bar of (s)Damascus,
and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of (t)Aven,[d]
and him who holds the scepter from (u)Beth-eden;
and the people of (v)Syria shall go into exile to (w)Kir,"
says the Lord.
6 Thus says the Lord:
(x)"For three transgressions of (y)Gaza,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because (z)they carried into exile a whole people
to deliver them up to Edom.
7 So I will send a fire upon the wall of (aa)Gaza,
and it shall devour her strongholds.
8 I will cut off the inhabitants from (ab)Ashdod,
and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will turn my hand against Ekron,
and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,"
says the Lord God.
9 Thus says the Lord:
(ac)"For three transgressions of (ad)Tyre,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because they delivered up a whole people to Edom,
and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.
10 So I will send a fire upon the wall of (ae)Tyre,
and it shall devour her strongholds."
11 Thus says the Lord:
(af)"For three transgressions of (ag)Edom,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
(ah)because he pursued his brother with the sword
(ai)and cast off all pity,
(aj)and his anger tore perpetually,
(ak)and he kept his wrath forever.
12 So I will send a fire upon (al)Teman,
and it shall devour the strongholds of (am)Bozrah."
13 Thus says the Lord:
(an)"For three transgressions of the (ao)Ammonites,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because (ap)they have ripped open pregnant women in (aq)Gilead,
that they might enlarge their border.
14 So I will kindle a fire in the wall of (ar)Rabbah,
(as)and it shall devour her strongholds,
with shouting on the day of battle,
(at)with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
15 and (au)their king shall go into exile,
he and his princes[e] together,"
says the Lord.
English Standard Version
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