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Amos 1

¹The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa — the vision he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash [1] was king of Israel.

²He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and thunders from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds dry up, and the top of Carmel withers.”

³This is what the LORD says: “For three sins of Damascus, even for four, I will not relent. Because she threshed Gilead with sledges having iron teeth,

⁴I will send fire on the house of Hazael that will consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.

⁵I will break down the gate of Damascus; I will destroy the king who is in [2] the Valley of Aven [3] and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden. The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,” says the LORD.

⁶This is what the LORD says: “For three sins of Gaza, even for four, I will not relent. Because she took captive whole communities and sold them to Edom,

⁷I will send fire on the walls of Gaza that will consume her fortresses.

⁸I will destroy the king [4] of Ashdod and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn my hand against Ekron, till the last of the Philistines are dead,” says the Sovereign LORD.

⁹This is what the LORD says: “For three sins of Tyre, even for four, I will not relent. Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom, disregarding a treaty of brotherhood,

¹⁰I will send fire on the walls of Tyre that will consume her fortresses.”

¹¹This is what the LORD says: “For three sins of Edom, even for four, I will not relent. Because he pursued his brother with a sword and slaughtered the women of the land, because his anger raged continually and his fury flamed unchecked,

¹²I will send fire on Teman that will consume the fortresses of Bozrah.”

¹³This is what the LORD says: “For three sins of Ammon, even for four, I will not relent. Because he ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to extend his borders,

¹⁴I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah that will consume her fortresses amid war cries on the day of battle, amid violent winds on a stormy day.

¹⁵Her king [5] will go into exile, he and his officials together,” says the LORD.