Introduction

¹These are the words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa. He perceived these things concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days of Judah’s King Uzziah and in the days of Israel’s King Jeroboam, Joash’s son.

Proclamation of divine judgment

²He said:

The LORD roars from Zion.

A word to Damascus

³The LORD proclaims:

For three crimes of Damascus,

because they have harvested Gilead

⁴I will send down fire on the house of Hazael;

⁵I will break the fortified gates of Damascus,

including the one who rules from Beth-eden;

A word to Gaza and Ashdod

⁶The LORD proclaims:

For three crimes of Gaza,

because they rounded up entire communities,

⁷I will send down a fire on the wall of Gaza;

⁸I will eliminate the people from Ashdod,

I will turn my hand against Ekron,

A word to Tyre

⁹The LORD proclaims:

For three crimes of Tyre,

because they have delivered up entire communities over to Edom,

¹⁰So I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre;

A word to Edom

¹¹The LORD proclaims:

For three crimes of Edom,

because he chased after his brother with the sword,

¹²So I will send a fire on Teman;

A word to Ammon

¹³The LORD proclaims:

For three crimes of the Ammonites,

because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead

¹⁴So I will start a fire at the wall of Rabbah;

¹⁵Then their king will be taken away,