Amos 1:3–2:5

³Thus says the Lord:

^k“For three transgressions of ^lDamascus,

and for four, ^lI will not revoke the punishment,³

because they have threshed ^mGilead

with threshing sledges of iron.

⁴ⁿSo I will send a fire upon the house of ^oHazael,

and it shall devour the strongholds of ^oBen-hadad.

⁵I will ^pbreak the gate-bar of ^lDamascus,

and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of ^qAven,⁴

and him who holds the scepter from ^rBeth-eden;

and the people of ^sSyria shall go into exile to ^tKir,”

says the Lord.

⁶Thus says the Lord:

^k“For three transgressions of ^uGaza,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because ^vthey carried into exile a whole people

to deliver them up to Edom.

⁷So I will send a fire upon the wall of ^uGaza,

and it shall devour her strongholds.

⁸I will cut off the inhabitants from ^wAshdod,

and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;

I will turn my hand against Ekron,

and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,”

says the Lord God.

⁹Thus says the Lord:

^k“For three transgressions of ^xTyre,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because they delivered up a whole people to Edom,

and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.

¹⁰So I will send a fire upon the wall of ^xTyre,

and it shall devour her strongholds.”

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.

Judgment on Judah

⁴Thus says the Lord:

ⁿ“For three transgressions of Judah,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because ^othey have rejected the law of the Lord,

and have not kept his statutes,

but ^ptheir lies have led them astray,

those after which their fathers walked.

⁵So ^qI will send a fire upon Judah,

and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.”