Amos 1:3–15
“For three transgressions of Damascus,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;b
because they have threshed Gilead
with threshing sledges of iron.
4 So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.
5 I will break the bar of Damascus,
and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven,
and him that holds the scepter from Beth-eden;c
and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir,”
says the Lord.
“For three transgressions of Gaza,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;b
because they carried into exile a whole people
to deliver them up to Edom.
7 So I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza,
and it shall devour her strongholds.
8 I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod,
and him that holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will turn my hand against Ekron;
and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,”
says the Lord GOD.
“For three transgressions of Tyre,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;b
because they delivered up a whole people to Edom,
and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.
10 So I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre,
and it shall devour her strongholds.”
“For three transgressions of Edom,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;b
because he pursued his brother with the sword,
and cast off all pity,
and his anger tore perpetually,
and he kept his wrath* for ever.
12 So I will send a fire upon Teman,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.”
“For three transgressions of the Ammonites,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;b
because they have ripped up women with child in Gilead,
that they might enlarge their border.
14 So I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah,
and it shall devour her strongholds,
with shouting in the day of battle,
with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
15 and their king shall go into exile,
he and his princes together,”
says the Lord.