¹The words of Amos , who was amongst 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 .

²He said:

“The LORD 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 .”

³The LORD says :

“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 ;

⁴but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael ,

and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.

⁵I will break the bar of Damascus ,

and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven,

and him who holds the sceptre from the house of Eden ;

and the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir ,”

says the LORD .

⁶The LORD says :

“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;

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

and it will devour its palaces.

⁸I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,

and him who holds the sceptre from Ashkelon;

and I will turn my hand against Ekron ;

and the remnant of the Philistines will perish ,”

says the Lord GOD .

⁹The LORD says :

“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 ;

¹⁰but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre ,

and it will devour its palaces.”

¹¹The LORD says :

“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 ;

¹²but I will send a fire on Teman ,

and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah .”

¹³The LORD says :

“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 .

¹⁴But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah ,

and it will devour its palaces,

with shouting in the day of battle ,

with a storm in the day of the whirlwind ;

¹⁵and their king will go into captivity ,

he and his princes together ,”

says the LORD .