Amos 1:3–11

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.^*