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Judgment on Neighbor Nations

¹ The words of Amos, who was among the ^(C1)sheepherders from ^(C2)Tekoa, which he saw in visions concerning Israel in the days of ^(C3)Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of ^(C4)Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the ^(C5)earthquake.

² And he said,
"The ^(C1)LORD roars from Zion,
And from Jerusalem He utters His voice;
And the shepherds' ^(C2)pasture grounds mourn,
And the ^(F1)(C3)summit of Carmel dries up."

³ This is what the LORD says:
"For ^(C1)three offenses of ^(C2)Damascus, and for four,
I will not ^(F1)revoke its punishment,
Because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges.

⁴ "So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael,
And it will consume the citadels of ^(C1)Ben-hadad.

⁵ "I will also ^(C1)break the gate bar of Damascus,
And eliminate every inhabitant from the ^(F1)Valley of Aven,
As well as him who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden;
So the people of Aram will be exiled to ^(C2)Kir,"
Says the LORD.

⁶ This is what the LORD says:
"For three offenses of ^(C1)Gaza, and for four,
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they led into exile an entire population
To ^(C2)turn them over to Edom.

⁷ "So I will send fire on the wall of Gaza
And it will consume her citadels.

⁸ "I will also eliminate every inhabitant from ^(C1)Ashdod,
As well as him who holds the scepter, from ^(C2)Ashkelon;
And I will direct My ^(F1)power against Ekron,
And the remnant of the ^(C3)Philistines will perish,"
Says the Lord ^(F2)GOD.

⁹ This is what the LORD says:
"For three offenses of ^(C1)Tyre, and for four,
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they turned an entire population over to Edom
And did not remember the covenant of ^(F1)(C2)brotherhood.

¹⁰ "So I will ^(C1)send fire on the wall of Tyre,
And it will consume her citadels."

¹¹ This is what the LORD says:
"For three offenses of ^(C1)Edom, and for four,
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because he ^(C2)pursued his brother with the sword
And stifled his compassion;
His anger also ^(C3)tore continually,
And he maintained his fury forever.

¹² "So I will send fire upon ^(C1)Teman
And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah."

¹³ This is what the LORD says:
"For three offenses of the sons of ^(C1)Ammon, and for four,
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they ^(C2)ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead
In order to ^(C3)enlarge their borders.

¹⁴ "So I will kindle a fire on the wall of ^(C1)Rabbah,
And it will consume her citadels
Amid ^(F1)(C2)war cries on the day of battle,
And amid a ^(C3)storm on the day of tempest.

¹⁵ "Their ^(C1)king will go into exile,
He and his princes together," says the LORD.