Amos 1

The words of Amos, ^awho was among the herdmen of ^bTekoa, which he saw concerning Israel ^cin the days of ^dUzziah king of Judah, and in the days of ^eJeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two year before ^fthe earthquake. ²And he said,

^gThe Lord will roar from Zion,

^gAnd utter his voice from Jerusalem;

And ^hthe habitations of the shepherds shall mourn,

And ⁱthe top of ^jkCarmel shall wither.

³Thus saith the Lord;

^lFor three transgressions of ^mDamascus,

^lAnd for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof;

^oBecause they have threshed ^jpGilead with ^qthreshing instruments of iron:

^4rBut I will send a fire into the house of ^sHazael,

^rWhich shall devour the palaces of ^sBen-hadad.

⁵I will break also ^tthe bar of ^mDamascus,

And cut off the inhabitant from ^uthe plain of ^uuAven,

And ^vhim that holdeth the sceptre from the house of ^wEden:

And ^xthe people of Syria shall go into captivity ^xunto ^yKir, saith the Lord.

⁶Thus saith the Lord;

^lFor three transgressions of ^zaGaza,

^lAnd for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof;

^bBecause they carried away captive the whole captivity,

^cTo deliver them up ^dto Edom:

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

^eWhich shall devour the palaces thereof:

⁸And I will cut off the inhabitant from ^afAshdod,

And ^ghim that holdeth the sceptre from ^ahAshkelon,

And I will ⁱturn mine hand against ^akEkron:

And ^blthe remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God.

⁹Thus saith the Lord;

^mFor three transgressions of ⁿTyrus,

^mAnd for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof;

^oBecause they delivered up the whole captivity ^dto Edom,

And remembered not ^pthe brotherly covenant:

^10eBut I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus,

^eWhich shall devour the palaces thereof.

¹¹Thus saith the Lord;

^mFor three transgressions of ^qrEdom,

^mAnd for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof;

^qBecause he did pursue ^shis brother ^twith the sword,

And did cast off all pity,

And ^this anger did tear perpetually,

And he kept his wrath for ever:

^12eBut I will send a fire upon the ^vTeman,

^eWhich shall devour the palaces of ^wBozrah.

¹³Thus saith the Lord;

^mFor three transgressions of the children of ^rxAmmon,

^mAnd for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof;

Because ^ythey have ript up the women with child at Gilead,

^xThat they might enlarge their border:

^14eBut ^zI will kindle a fire in the wall of ^aRabbah,

^eAnd it shall devour the palaces thereof,

^bWith shouting in the day of battle,

With a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:

¹⁵And ^ctheir king shall go into captivity,

^cHe and his princes together, saith the Lord.

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