Amos 1:3–2:5

Judgment on the Nations

³Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of ^hDamascus, and for four,

I will not turn away its punishment,

Because they have ⁱthreshed Gilead with implements of iron.

^4jBut I will send a fire into the house of Hazael,

Which shall devour the palaces of ^kBen-Hadad.

⁵I will also break the gate ^lbar of Damascus,

And cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven,

And the one who ¹holds the scepter from ²Beth Eden.

The people of Syria shall go captive to Kir,”

Says the Lord.

⁶Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of ^mGaza, and for four,

I will not turn away its punishment,

Because they took captive the whole captivity

To deliver them up to Edom.

⁷ⁿBut I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza,

Which shall devour its palaces.

⁸I will cut off the inhabitant ^ofrom Ashdod,

And the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;

I will ^pturn My hand against Ekron,

And ^qthe remnant of the Philistines shall perish,”

Says the Lord God.

⁹Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of ^rTyre, and for four,

I will not turn away its punishment,

Because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom,

And did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.

¹⁰But I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre,

Which shall devour its palaces.”

¹¹Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of ^sEdom, and for four,

I will not turn away its punishment,

Because he pursued his ^tbrother with the sword,

And cast off all pity;

His anger tore perpetually,

And he kept his wrath forever.

¹²But ^uI will send a fire upon Teman,

Which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.”

¹³Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of ^vthe people of Ammon, and for four,

I will not turn away its punishment,

Because they ripped open the women with child in Gilead,

That they might enlarge their territory.

¹⁴But I will kindle a fire in the wall of ^wRabbah,

And it shall devour its palaces,

^xAmid shouting in the day of battle,

And a tempest in the day of the whirlwind.

^15yTheir king shall go into captivity,

He and his princes together,”

Says the Lord.

2Thus says the Lord:

^a“For three transgressions of Moab, and for four,

I will not turn away its punishment,

Because he ^bburned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.

²But I will send a fire upon Moab,

And it shall devour the palaces of ^cKerioth;

Moab shall die with tumult,

With shouting and trumpet sound.

³And I will cut off ^dthe judge from its midst,

And slay all its princes with him,”

Says the Lord.

Judgment on Judah

⁴Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of ^eJudah, and for four,

I will not turn away its punishment,

^fBecause they have despised the law of the Lord,

And have not kept His commandments.

^gTheir lies lead them astray,

Lies ^hwhich their fathers followed.

⁵ⁱBut I will send a fire upon Judah,

And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”