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The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Teko′a, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzzi′ah king of Judah and in the days of Jerobo′am the son of Jo′ash, king of Israel, two years[a] before the earthquake. And he said:

Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

“The Lord roars from Zion,
    and utters his voice from Jerusalem;
the pastures of the shepherds mourn,
    and the top of Carmel withers.”

Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of Damascus,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;[b]
because they have threshed Gilead
    with threshing sledges of iron.
So I will send a fire upon the house of Haz′ael,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-ha′dad.
I will break the bar of Damascus,
    and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven,[c]
and him that holds the scepter from Beth-eden;
    and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir,”
                says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 1:1 Or during two years
  2. Amos 1:3 Heb cause it to return
  3. Amos 1:5 Or On

13 Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of the Ammonites,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;[a]
because they have ripped up women with child in Gilead,
    that they might enlarge their border.
14 So I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah,
    and it shall devour her strongholds,
with shouting in the day of battle,
    with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
15 and their king shall go into exile,
    he and his princes together,”
                says the Lord.

Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of Moab,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;[b]
because he burned to lime
    the bones of the king of Edom.
So I will send a fire upon Moab,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of Ker′ioth,
and Moab shall die amid uproar,
    amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
I will cut off the ruler from its midst,
    and will slay all its princes with him,”
                says the Lord.

Judgment on Judah

Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of Judah,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;[c]
because they have rejected the law of the Lord,
    and have not kept his statutes,
but their lies have led them astray,
    after which their fathers walked.
So I will send a fire upon Judah,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.”

Judgment on Israel

Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of Israel,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;[d]
because they sell the righteous for silver,
    and the needy for a pair of shoes—
they that trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth,
    and turn aside the way of the afflicted;
a man and his father go in to the same maiden,
    so that my holy name is profaned;
they lay themselves down beside every altar
    upon garments taken in pledge;
and in the house of their God they drink
    the wine of those who have been fined.

Footnotes

  1. Amos 1:13 Heb cause it to return
  2. Amos 2:1 Heb cause it to return
  3. Amos 2:4 Heb cause it to return
  4. Amos 2:6 Heb cause it to return

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