1 The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of King Uzziah of Judah and in the days of King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years[a] before the earthquake.(A)
Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors
2 And he said:
The Lord roars from Zion
and utters his voice from Jerusalem;
the pastures of the shepherds wither,
and the top of Carmel dries up.(B)
3 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.(C)
4 So I will send a fire on the house of Hazael,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.(D)
5 I will break the gate bars of Damascus
and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven
and the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden,
and the people of Aram shall go into exile to Kir,
says the Lord.(E)
6 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Gaza,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[c]
because they carried into exile entire communities,
to hand them over to Edom.(F)
7 So I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,
and it shall devour its strongholds.
8 I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod
and the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will turn my hand against Ekron,
and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,
says the Lord God.(G)
9 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Tyre,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[d]
because they delivered entire communities over to Edom
and did not remember the covenant of kinship.(H)
10 So I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre,
and it shall devour its strongholds.(I)
11 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Edom,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[e]
because he pursued his brother with the sword
and cast off all pity;
he maintained his anger perpetually[f]
and kept his wrath[g] forever.(J)
12 So I will send a fire on Teman,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.(K)
13 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of the Ammonites,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[h]
because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead
in order to enlarge their territory.(L)
14 So I will kindle a fire against the wall of Rabbah,
and it shall devour its strongholds,
with shouting on the day of battle,
with a storm on the day of the whirlwind;(M)
15 then their king shall go into exile,
he and his officials together,
says the Lord.(N)
Footnotes
- 1.1Or during two years
- 1.3Heb cause it to return
- 1.6Heb cause it to return
- 1.9Heb cause it to return
- 1.11Heb cause it to return
- 1.11Syr Vg: Heb and his anger tore perpetually
- 1.11Gk Syr Vg: Heb and his wrath kept
- 1.13Heb cause it to return
Cross references
- 1.1 : 2 Sam 14.2; 2 Kings 14.23–29; Zech 14.5
- 1.2 : Jer 25.30; Joel 1.18, 19; 3.16; Am 9.3
- 1.3 : v 13; Isa 7.8; 8.4
- 1.4 : 1 Kings 20.1; 2 Kings 6.24; Jer 49.27
- 1.5 : 2 Kings 16.9; Jer 51.30; Am 9.7
- 1.6 : v 9; 1 Sam 6.17; Jer 47.1, 5; Ob 11
- 1.8 : Ps 81.14; Zeph 2.4; Zech 9.6
- 1.9 : 1 Kings 5.1; 9.11–14; Isa 23.1–18; Ezek 26.2–4
- 1.10 : Zech 9.4
- 1.11 : Isa 34.5, 6; 57.16; 63.1–6; Jer 49.7–22; Ob 10–12; Mic 7.18
- 1.12 : Jer 49.7, 20
- 1.13 : 2 Kings 15.16; Jer 49.1–6; Ezek 25.2–7
- 1.14 : Isa 29.6; 30.30; Jer 49.2; Ezek 21.22; Am 2.2
- 1.15 : Jer 49.3