Chapter 1

The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw¹ 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.

And he said,⁴ The LORD will roar⁴ from Zion, and utter⁴ his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds⁶ shall mourn,¹ and the top of Carmel shall wither.¹

Thus saith¹ the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away⁵⁵ [the punishment] thereof; because they have threshed² Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

But I will send¹⁴ a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour¹ the palaces of Benhadad.

I will break¹ also the bar of Damascus, and cut off⁵² the inhabitant⁶ from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth⁶ the sceptre from the house of Eden: ^{5731 1040} and the people of Syria shall go into captivity¹ unto Kir, saith¹ the LORD.

Thus saith¹ the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away⁵⁵ [the punishment] thereof; because they carried away captive⁵³ the whole captivity, to deliver [them] up⁵³ to Edom:

But I will send¹⁴ a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour¹ the palaces thereof:

And I will cut off⁵² the inhabitant⁶ from Ashdod, and him that holdeth⁶ the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn⁵² mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,¹ saith¹ the Lord GOD.

Thus saith¹ the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away⁵⁵ [the punishment] thereof; because they delivered up⁵³ the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered¹ not the brotherly covenant:

But I will send¹⁴ a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour¹ the palaces thereof.

Thus saith¹ the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away⁵⁵ [the punishment] thereof; because he did pursue² his brother with the sword, and did cast off¹⁴ all pity, and his anger did tear⁴ perpetually, and he kept¹ his wrath for ever:

But I will send¹⁴ a fire upon Teman, which shall devour¹ the palaces of Bozrah.

Thus saith¹ the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away⁵⁵ [the punishment] thereof; because they have ripped up² the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge⁵³ their border:

But I will kindle⁵² a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour¹ the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:

And their king shall go¹ into captivity, he and his princes together, saith¹ the LORD.