Amos 1

The words of Amos, who was among the sheepbreeders from Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah, the king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, the king of Israel, two years to the face of the earthquake.

And he said, “God roars from Zion, and from Jerusalem he gives his voice, and the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the head of Carmel dries up.” \*

Thus says God, “For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn it back, because of their threshing the Gilead with the threshing sledges of iron. 4 And I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it will devour the citadels of Ben Hadad. \* 5 And I will break the bar of Damascus, and I will cut off the seated {one} from the Valley of Aven and the one grasping the scepter from Beth Eden, and the people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,” says God. \*

Thus says God, “For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn it back, because of their taking into exile a complete exile, to hand {them} over to Edom. 7 And I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour her citadels. \* 8 And I will cut off the seated {one} from Ashdod, and the one grasping the scepter from Ashkelon, and I will turn back my hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says my Lord God. \*

Thus says God, “For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not turn it back, because of their handing over a complete exile to Edom, and they did not remember the covenant of brothers. 10 And I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it will devour her citadels.” \*

Thus says God, “For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn it back, because of his pursuing his brother with the sword, and he destroyed his compassions, and his nose tore perpetually, and his fury, he kept it continually. 12 And I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour the citadels of Bozrah.” \*

Thus says God, “For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn it back, because of their ripping open the pregnant women of the Gilead, in order to enlarge their border. \* 14 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it will devour her citadels, with a shout in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind. 15 And their king will go into the exile, he and his officials together,” says God. \*