Amos 1:3–2:8

JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL’S NEIGHBORS

3 The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Damascusi

for three crimes, even four,j

because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges.

4 Therefore, I will send fire against Hazael’s palace,

and it will consume Ben-hadad’sk citadels.

5 I will break down the gatesC,l of Damascus.

I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven,

and the one who wields the scepter from Beth-eden.

The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir.m

The Lord has spoken.

6 The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Gazan

for three crimes, even four,

because they exiled a whole community,

handing them over to Edom.

7 Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Gaza,

and it will consume its citadels.

8 I will cut off the ruler from Ashdod,o

and the one who wields the scepter from Ashkelon.p

I will also turn my hand against Ekron,

and the remainder of the Philistinesq will perish.

The Lord God has spoken.

9 The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Tyrer

for three crimes, even four,

because they handed over

a whole community of exiles to Edom

and brokeD a treaty of brotherhood.s

10 Therefore, I will send firet against the walls of Tyre,

and it will consume its citadels.

11 The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Edomu

for three crimes, even four,

because he pursued his brother with the sword.v

He stifled his compassion,

his anger tore at himw continually,

and he harbored his rage incessantly.

12 Therefore, I will send fire against Teman,x

and it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.

13 The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing the Ammonitesy

for three crimes, even four,

because they ripped open

the pregnant women of Gileadz

in order to enlarge their territory.aa

14 Therefore, I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah,ab

and it will consume its citadels.

There will be shouting on the day of battleac

and a violent wind on the day of the storm.ad

15 Their king and his princes

will go into exile together.ae

The Lord has spoken.

2 The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Moaba

for three crimes, even four,

because he burned the bones

of the king of Edom to lime.b

2 Therefore, I will send fire against Moab,

and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth.c

Moab will die with a tumult,d

with shouting and the sound of the trumpet.

3 I will cut off the judgee from the land

and kill all its officialsf with him.

The Lord has spoken.

JUDGMENT ON JUDAH

4 The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Judahg

for three crimes, even four,

because they have rejected the instruction of the Lordh

and have not kept his statutes.i

The liesj that their ancestors followedk

have led them astray.

5 Therefore, I will send firel against Judah,

and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.

JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL

6 The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Israelm

for three crimes, even four,

because they sell a righteous person for silver

and a needy person for a pair of sandals.n

7 They trample the heads of the pooro

on the dust of the ground

and obstruct the path of the needy.p

A man and his father have sexual relations

with the same girl,q

profaning my holy name.r

8 They stretch out beside every altars

on garments taken as collateral,t

and in the house of their God

they drink wine obtained through fines.u