The words of Amos, who was among the ^ashepherds¹ of ^bTekoa, which he saw concerning Israel ^cin the days of ^dUzziah king of Judah and in the days of ^eJeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years² before ^fthe earthquake.

Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

2 And he said:

^a“The Lord roars from Zion

and utters his voice from Jerusalem;

^bthe pastures of the shepherds mourn,

and the ^ctop of ^dCarmel withers.”

3 Thus says the Lord:

^a“For three transgressions of ^bDamascus,

and for four, ^bI will not revoke the punishment,¹

because they have threshed ^cGilead

with threshing sledges of iron.

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^aSo I will send a fire upon the house of ^bHazael,

and it shall devour the strongholds of ^bBen‑hadad.

5

I will ^abreak the gate‑bar of ^bDamascus,

and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of ^cAven,¹

and him who holds the scepter from ^dBeth‑eden;

and the people of ^eSyria shall go into exile to ^fKir,”

says the Lord.

6 Thus says the Lord:

^a“For three transgressions of ^bGaza,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because ^cthey carried into exile a whole people

to deliver them up to Edom.

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So I will send a fire upon the wall of ^aGaza,

and it shall devour her strongholds.

8

I will cut off the inhabitants from ^aAshdod,

and him 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.

9 Thus says the Lord:

^a“For three transgressions of ^bTyre,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because they delivered up a whole people to Edom,

and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.

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So I will send a fire upon the wall of ^aTyre,

and it shall devour her strongholds.”

11 Thus says the Lord:

^a“For three transgressions of ^bEdom,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

^bbecause he pursued his brother with the sword

^cand cast off all pity,

^dand his anger tore perpetually,

^dand he kept his wrath forever.

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So I will send a fire upon ^aTeman,

and it shall devour the strongholds of ^bBozrah.”

13 Thus says the Lord:

^a“For three transgressions of the ^bAmmonites,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because ^cthey have ripped open pregnant women in ^dGilead,

that they might enlarge their border.

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So I will kindle a fire in the wall of ^aRabbah,

^band it shall devour her strongholds,

with shouting on the day of battle,

^bwith a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;

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and ^atheir king shall go into exile,

he and his princes¹ together,”

says the Lord.