Amos 1

Tree of Life Version

Adonai roars from Zion,
From Jerusalem He gives His voice.
The shepherds’ pastures mourn,
and the top of Mount Carmel withers.
³ Thus says Adonai:
For three crimes of Damascus,
    even for four, I will not relent.
For they threshed Gilead
    with iron threshing sledges,
⁴ I will send fire into Hazael’s palace.
It will devour Ben-hadad’s citadels.
⁵ I will break the Damascus gate-bar
and cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven,
    wielding Beth-eden’s scepter.
So the people of Aram
    will go into exile to Kir.
    Adonai has said it.
⁶ Thus says Adonai:
“For three crimes of Gaza,
    even for four, I will not relent.
For they exiled an entire population,
    giving them over to Edom.
⁷ So I will send fire on the wall of Gaza
—it will devour its citadels.
⁸ I will cut off Ashdod’s inhabitant,
wielding Ashkelon’s scepter.
I will turn My hand against Ekron
and the rest of the Philistines will perish.
My Lord Adonai has said it.
⁹ Thus says Adonai:
For three crimes of Tyre,
    even for four, I will not relent.
For they gave an entire population over to Edom,
and did not remember the covenant of brothers.
¹⁰ I will send fire on the wall of Tyre—
it will devour its citadels.
¹¹ Thus says Adonai:
For three crimes of Edom
    even for four, I will not relent.
For he pursued his brother with a sword
    and stifled his compassion.
For his anger tore continually,
    and he kept his wrath forever.
¹² So I will send fire in Teman—
it will devour Bozrah’s citadels.
¹³ Thus says Adonai:
For three crimes of the sons of Ammon
    even for four, I will not relent.
For they ripped open pregnant women of Gilead
    to expand their territory,
¹⁴ I will kindle fire on Rabbah’s wall
and it will devour its citadels,
amid shouting on a day of battle,
with storm on a day of whirlwind.
¹⁵ Their king will go into exile,
he and his princes together.
Thus Adonai has said.