AM-1:1  The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa,

which he saw

concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in

the days of

Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the

earthquake.

AM-1:2  And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his

voice from

Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and

the top of

Carmel shall wither.

AM-1:3  Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of

Damascus, and for

four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because

they have

threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

AM-1:4  But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which

shall devour

the palaces of Benhadad.

AM-1:5  I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the

inhabitant from

the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the

house of Eden:

and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith

the LORD.

AM-1:6  Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza,

and for four, I

will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they

carried away captive

the whole captivity, to deliver [them] up to Edom:

AM-1:7  But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall

devour the

palaces thereof:

AM-1:8  And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him

that holdeth

the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against

Ekron: and the

remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.

AM-1:9  Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus,

and for four,

I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they

delivered up the

whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly

covenant:

AM-1:10  But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which

shall devour the

palaces thereof.

AM-1:11  Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom,

and for four,

I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because he did

pursue his

brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger

did tear

perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:

AM-1:12  But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour

the palaces of

Bozrah.

AM-1:13  Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the

children of

Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment]

thereof; because

they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they

might enlarge

their border:

AM-1:14  But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it

shall devour

the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a

tempest in the

day of the whirlwind:

AM-1:15  And their king shall go into captivity, he and his

princes together,

saith the LORD.

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