Amos 1

1The words of Amos, who was one of the sheep breeders^Aa from Tekoa^b—what he saw regarding Israel in the days of King Uzziah^c of Judah and Jeroboam^d son of Jehoash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.^e

²He said:

The Lord roars^f from Zion

and makes his voice heard from Jerusalem;

the pastures of the shepherds mourn,^Bg

and the summit of Carmel^h withers.

JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL’S NEIGHBORS

³The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Damascusⁱ

for three crimes, even four,^j

because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges.

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

and it will consume Ben-hadad’s^k citadels.

⁵I will break down the gates^Cl 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.

⁶The 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.

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

and it will consume its citadels.

⁸I 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 Philistines^q will perish.

The Lord God has spoken.

⁹The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Tyre^r

for three crimes, even four,

because they handed over

a whole community of exiles to Edom

and broke^D a treaty of brotherhood.^s

¹⁰Therefore, I will send fire^t against the walls of Tyre,

and it will consume its citadels.

¹¹The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Edom^u

for three crimes, even four,

because he pursued his brother with the sword.^v

He stifled his compassion,

his anger tore at him^w continually,

and he harbored his rage incessantly.

¹²Therefore, I will send fire against Teman,^x

and it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.

¹³The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing the Ammonites^y

for three crimes, even four,

because they ripped open

the pregnant women of Gilead^z

in order to enlarge their territory.^aa

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

and it will consume its citadels.

There will be shouting on the day of battle^ac

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

¹⁵Their king and his princes

will go into exile together.^ae

The Lord has spoken.