Amos 1:11–2:3

¹¹Thus says the Lord:

^k“For three transgressions of ^yEdom,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

^ybecause he pursued his brother with the sword

^zand cast off all pity,

^aand his anger tore perpetually,

^aand he kept his wrath forever.

¹²So I will send a fire upon ^bTeman,

and it shall devour the strongholds of ^cBozrah.”

¹³Thus says the Lord:

^k“For three transgressions of the ^dAmmonites,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because ^ethey have ripped open pregnant women in ^fGilead,

that they might enlarge their border.

¹⁴So I will kindle a fire in the wall of ^gRabbah,

^hand it shall devour her strongholds,

with shouting on the day of battle,

^hwith a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;

¹⁵and ⁱtheir king shall go into exile,

he and his princes⁵ together,”

says the Lord.

2Thus says the Lord:

^k“For three transgressions of ^jMoab,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,¹

because ^khe burned to lime

the bones of the king of Edom.

²So I will send a fire upon Moab,

and it shall devour the strongholds of ^lKerioth,

and Moab shall die amid uproar,

amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;

^3mI will cut off the ruler from its midst,

and will kill ^mall its princes² with him,”

says the Lord.