Amos 1:3–2:6

³Thus saith the Lord;

^lFor three transgressions of ^mDamascus,

^l||And 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 ^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 ^||ripped up the women with child of 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.

2Thus saith the Lord;

^aFor three transgressions of ^bMoab,

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

^cBecause he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

^2dBut I will send a fire upon Moab,

^dAnd it shall devour the palaces of ^eKerioth:

And Moab shall die with ^ftumult,

^gWith shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:

³And I will cut off ^hthe judge from the midst thereof,

And will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord.

⁴Thus saith the Lord;

^aFor three transgressions of Judah,

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

ⁱBecause they have despised the law of the Lord,

And ⁱhave not kept his commandments,

And ^ktheir lies caused them to err,

^lAfter the which their fathers have walked:

^5dBut ^mI will send a fire upon Judah,

^dAnd ^mit shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

⁶Thus saith the Lord;

^aFor three transgressions of Israel,

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

Because ⁿthey sold the righteous ^ofor silver,

^oAnd the poor for a pair of shoes;