Amos 1:3–2:6

³Thus says the Lord:

For three transgressions of Damascus,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,^b

because they have threshed Gilead

with threshing sledges of iron.^*

⁴So I will send a fire on the house of Hazael,

and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.^*

⁵I will break the gate bars of Damascus

and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven

and the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden,

and the people of Aram shall go into exile to Kir,

says the Lord.^*

⁶Thus says the Lord:

For three transgressions of Gaza,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,^c

because they carried into exile entire communities,

to hand them over to Edom.^*

⁷So I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,

and it shall devour its strongholds.

⁸I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod

and the one 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:

For three transgressions of Tyre,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,^d

because they delivered entire communities over to Edom

and did not remember the covenant of kinship.^*

¹⁰So I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre,

and it shall devour its strongholds.^*

¹¹Thus says the Lord:

For three transgressions of Edom,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,^e

because he pursued his brother with the sword

and cast off all pity;

he maintained his anger perpetually^f

and kept his wrath^g forever.^*

¹²So I will send a fire on Teman,

and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.^*

¹³Thus says the Lord:

For three transgressions of the Ammonites,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,^h

because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead

in order to enlarge their territory.^*

¹⁴So I will kindle a fire against the wall of Rabbah,

and it shall devour its strongholds,

with shouting on the day of battle,

with a storm on the day of the whirlwind;^*

¹⁵then their king shall go into exile,

he and his officials together,

says the Lord.^*

²Thus says the Lord:

For three transgressions of Moab,

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

because he burned to lime

the bones of the king of Edom.^*

²So I will send a fire on Moab,

and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth,

and Moab shall die amid uproar,

amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;^*

³I will cut off the ruler from its midst

and will kill all its officials with him,

says the Lord.^*

Judgment on Judah

⁴Thus says the Lord:

For three transgressions of Judah,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,^j

because they have rejected the instruction of the Lord

and have not kept his statutes,

but they have been led astray by the same lies

after which their ancestors walked.^*

⁵So I will send a fire on Judah,

and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.^*

Judgment on Israel

⁶Thus says the Lord:

For three transgressions of Israel,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,^k

because they sell the righteous for silver

and the needy for a pair of sandals—^*