Amos 1

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  1. 1These are the words of Amos, a herdsman from Tekoa. He received this vision about Israel during the reigns of King Uzziah of Judah and King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, 2 years before the earthquake.
  2. 2Amos said: "The LORD will roar from Zion and utter His voice from Jerusalem. The homes of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will wither."
  3. 3The LORD says: For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not hold back its punishment, because they have crushed Gilead with iron threshing sledges.
  4. 4So I will send fire on the house of Hazael, and it will consume the fortresses of Benhadad.
  5. 5I will also break the bar of Damascus and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and the one who holds the scepter from the house of Eden. The people of Syria will go into captivity to Kir," says the LORD.
  6. 6The LORD says: For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment, because they carried away the whole captivity to deliver them to Edom.
  7. 7So I will send fire on the walls of Gaza, and it will consume its fortresses.
  8. 8“I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon. I will turn my hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord GOD.
  9. 9The LORD says: For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom and did not remember the brotherly covenant.
  10. 10So I will send fire on the walls of Tyrus, and it will consume its fortresses."
  11. 11The LORD says: For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity. His anger tore perpetually, and he kept his wrath forever.
  12. 12So I will send fire on Teman, and it will consume the fortresses of Bozrah."
  13. 13The LORD says: For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not hold back their punishment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead to expand their territory.
  14. 14But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it will devour its palaces, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind.
  15. 15Their king will go into captivity, along with his princes, says the LORD.
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