Amos 1

Amos 1

¹The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of King Uzziah of Judah and in the days of King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years before the earthquake.[#2 Sam 14.2; 2 Kings 14.23–29; Zech 14.5; #1.1 Or during two years]

Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

²And he said:[#Jer 25.30; Joel 1.18, 19; 3.16; Am 9.3]

The Lord roars from Zion

and utters his voice from Jerusalem;

the pastures of the shepherds wither,

and the top of Carmel dries up.

³Thus says the Lord :[#v 13 ; Isa 7.8; 8.4]

For three transgressions of Damascus,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because they have threshed Gilead

with threshing sledges of iron.

⁴So I will send a fire on the house of Hazael,[#1 Kings 20.1; 2 Kings 6.24; Jer 49.27]

and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.

⁵I will break the gate bars of Damascus[#2 Kings 16.9; Jer 51.30; Am 9.7]

and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven

and the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden,

and the people of Aram shall go into exile to Kir, says the Lord .

⁶Thus says the Lord :[#v 9 ; 1 Sam 6.17; Jer 47.1, 5; Ob 11]

For three transgressions of Gaza,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because they carried into exile entire communities,

to hand them over to Edom.

⁷So I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,

and it shall devour its strongholds.

⁸I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod[#Ps 81.14; Zeph 2.4; Zech 9.6]

and the one 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 .

⁹Thus says the Lord :[#1 Kings 5.1; 9.11–14; Isa 23.1–18; Ezek 26.2–4]

For three transgressions of Tyre,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because they delivered entire communities over to Edom

and did not remember the covenant of kinship.

¹⁰So I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre,[#Zech 9.4]

and it shall devour its strongholds.

¹¹Thus says the Lord :[#Isa 34.5, 6; 57.16; 63.1–6; Jer 49.7–22; Ob 10–12; Mic 7.18]

For three transgressions of Edom,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because he pursued his brother with the sword

and cast off all pity;

he maintained his anger perpetually

and kept his wrath forever.

¹²So I will send a fire on Teman,[#Jer 49.7, 20]

and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.

¹³Thus says the Lord :[#2 Kings 15.16; Jer 49.1–6; Ezek 25.2–7]

For three transgressions of the Ammonites,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead

in order to enlarge their territory.

¹⁴So I will kindle a fire against the wall of Rabbah,[#Isa 29.6; 30.30; Jer 49.2; Ezek 21.22; Am 2.2]

and it shall devour its strongholds,

with shouting on the day of battle,

with a storm on the day of the whirlwind;

¹⁵then their king shall go into exile,[#Jer 49.3]

he and his officials together, says the Lord .