Amos 1:1-5
English Standard Version
1 The words of Amos, who was among the (A)shepherds[a] of (B)Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel (C)in the days of (D)Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of (E)Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years[b] before (F)the earthquake.
Judgment on Israel's Neighbors
2 And he said:
(G)“The Lord roars from Zion
and utters his voice from Jerusalem;
(H)the pastures of the shepherds mourn,
and the (I)top of (J)Carmel withers.”
3 Thus says the Lord:
(K)“For three transgressions of (L)Damascus,
and for four, (M)I will not revoke the punishment,[c]
because they have threshed (N)Gilead
with threshing sledges of iron.
4 (O)So I will send a fire upon the house of (P)Hazael,
and it shall devour the strongholds of (Q)Ben-hadad.
5 I will (R)break the gate-bar of (S)Damascus,
and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of (T)Aven,[d]
and him who holds the scepter from (U)Beth-eden;
and the people of (V)Syria shall go into exile to (W)Kir,”
says the Lord.
Amos 1:13-2:8
English Standard Version
13 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“For three transgressions of the (B)Ammonites,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because (C)they have ripped open pregnant women in (D)Gilead,
that they might enlarge their border.
14 So I will kindle a fire in the wall of (E)Rabbah,
(F)and it shall devour her strongholds,
with shouting on the day of battle,
(G)with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
15 and (H)their king shall go into exile,
he and his princes[a] together,”
says the Lord.
2 Thus says the Lord:
(I)“For three transgressions of (J)Moab,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[b]
because (K)he burned to lime
the bones of the king of Edom.
2 So I will send a fire upon Moab,
and it shall devour the strongholds of (L)Kerioth,
and Moab shall die amid uproar,
amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
3 (M)I will cut off the ruler from its midst,
and will kill (N)all its princes[c] with him,”
says the Lord.
Judgment on Judah
4 Thus says the Lord:
(O)“For three transgressions of Judah,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because (P)they have rejected the law of the Lord,
and have not kept his statutes,
but (Q)their lies have led them astray,
those after which their fathers walked.
5 So (R)I will send a fire upon Judah,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.”
Judgment on Israel
6 Thus says the Lord:
(S)“For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because (T)they sell the righteous for (U)silver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals—
7 those who trample the head of the poor (V)into the dust of the earth
and (W)turn aside the way of the afflicted;
(X)a man and his father go in to the same girl,
so that my holy name is profaned;
8 they lay themselves down beside every altar
on garments (Y)taken in pledge,
and in the house of their God they drink
the wine of those who have been fined.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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