Amos 1

Chapter 1

Judgment on Neighbor Nations

¹The words of Amos, who was among the ^asheepherders from ^bTekoa, which he ¹envisioned in visions concerning Israel in the days of ^cUzziah king of Judah, and in the days of ^dJeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the ^eearthquake.

²He said,

“The ^aLord roars from Zion

And from Jerusalem He utters His voice;

And the shepherds’ ^bpasture grounds mourn,

And the ^1csummit of Carmel dries up.”

³Thus says the Lord,

“For ^athree transgressions of ^bDamascus and for four

I will not ¹revoke its punishment,

Because they threshed Gilead with implements of sharp iron.

⁴“So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael

And it will consume the citadels of ^aBen-hadad.

⁵“I will also ^abreak the gate bar of Damascus,

And cut off the inhabitant from the ¹valley of Aven,

And him who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden;

So the people of Aram will go exiled to ^bKir,”

Says the Lord.

⁶Thus says the Lord,

“For three transgressions of ^aGaza and for four

I will not revoke its punishment,

Because they deported an entire population

To ^bdeliver it up to Edom.

⁷“So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza

And it will consume her citadels.

⁸“I will also cut off the inhabitant from ^aAshdod,

And him who holds the scepter, from ^bAshkelon;

I will even ¹unleash My ²power upon Ekron,

And the remnant of the ^cPhilistines will perish,”

Says the Lord ³God.

⁹Thus says the Lord,

“For three transgressions of ^aTyre and for four

I will not revoke its punishment,

Because they delivered up an entire population to Edom

And did not remember the covenant of ^1bbrotherhood.

¹⁰“So I will ^asend fire upon the wall of Tyre

And it will consume her citadels.”

¹¹Thus says the Lord,

“For three transgressions of ^aEdom and for four

I will not revoke its punishment,

Because he ^bpursued his brother with the sword,

While he ¹stifled his compassion;

His anger also ^ctore continually,

And he maintained his fury forever.

¹²“So I will send fire upon ^aTeman

And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.”

¹³Thus says the Lord,

“For three transgressions of the sons of ^aAmmon and for four

I will not revoke its punishment,

Because they ^bripped open the pregnant women of Gilead

In order to ^cenlarge their borders.

¹⁴“So I will kindle a fire on the wall of ^aRabbah

And it will consume her citadels

Amid ^1bwar cries on the day of battle,

And a ^cstorm on the day of tempest.

¹⁵“Their ^aking will go into exile,

He and his princes together,” says the Lord.