| Chapter 1 |
1 | 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. |
2 | 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. |
3
| 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: |
4 | But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael,
which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad. |
5 | 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. |
6 |
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: |
7 | But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,
which shall devour the palaces thereof: |
8 | 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. |
9 | 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. |
