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.
02 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.
03 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:
04 But I will send a fire into the house of
Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of
Benhadad.
05 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.
06 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:
07 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,
which shall devour the palaces thereof:
08 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.
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09 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:
10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus,
which shall devour the palaces thereof.
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:
12 But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall
devour the palaces of Bozrah.
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:
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:
15 And their king shall go into captivity, he and
his princes together, saith the Lord.
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