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Amos
Amos 1
1 The words of Amos, a who was among the sheep breeders of Tekoa, which he spoke b concerning Israel during the reign of c Uzziah, king of Judah and during the reign of d Joash’s son Jeroboam, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
2 He said, “From Zion the LORD roars, and from Jerusalem he shouts aloud. The shepherds’ pastures will languish, and Carmel’s summit will wither.”
3 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus —and now for a fourth— I will not turn away; because they have trampled down e Gilead with ironclad threshing sleds.
4 So I will send down fire upon the house of Hazael, and it will devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
5 I will shatter the gate bars of Damascus, and I will cut off the residents of the Aven Valley, along with the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,” says the LORD.
6 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza —and now for a fourth— I will not turn away; because they exiled the entire population, delivering them to Edom.
7 So I will send down fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it will devour their fortified citadels;
8 and I will cut off the inhabitants of Ashdod, along with Ashkelon’s ruler. f I will turn to attack g Ekron, and the rest of the Philistines will die,” says the Lord GOD.
9 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre —and now for a fourth— I will not turn away; because they delivered the entire population to Edom, and did not remember their covenant with their relatives. h
10 So I will send down fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it will devour their fortified citadels.”
11 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom —and now for a fourth— I will not turn away; because he i pursued his brother with a sword, refusing to be compassionate. j His anger was raging k continuously; he kept up his unending wrath.
12 So I will send down fire upon Teman, and it will devour the fortified citadels of Bozrah.”
13 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites —and now for a fourth— I will not turn away; because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their national borders. l
14 So I will send down fire upon the wall of Rabbah, and it will devour their fortified citadels with an alarm sounding in the time of battle, and with a whirlwind in the time of storm.
15 Their king will go into captivity— he and his princes together,” says the LORD.