1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the sheep breeders from Tekoa. He saw a vision concerning Israel during the days of Uzziah king of Judah and during the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
1:2 He said: The Lord roars from Zion. From Jerusalem he sends out his voice. The pastures of the shepherds dry up, and the top of Mount Carmel withers.
1:3 This is what the Lord says: Because of three sins of Damascus, because of four, I will not hold back judgment, because they cut up Gilead with iron threshing boards.
1:4 So I will send fire against the house of Hazael, and it will consume the fortresses of Ben Hadad.
1:5 I will break the bars of the gates of Damascus, and I will cut off the one seated in the Valley of Aven, and the one who holds a scepter in Beth Eden. So the people of Aram will go into exile toward Kir. The Lord has spoken.
1:6 This is what the Lord says: Because of three sins of Gaza, because of four, I will not hold back judgment, because they sold an entire population into exile, handing them over to Edom.
1:7 So I will send fire against the city wall of Gaza, and it will consume her citadels.
1:8 I will cut off the one seated in Ashdod, and the one who holds a scepter in Ashkelon. I will also turn my hand against Ekron, and what is left of the Philistines will perish. The Lord God has spoken.
1:9 This is what the Lord says: Because of three sins of Tyre, because of four, I will not hold back judgment, because they delivered over an entire population and exiled them to Edom, and they did not remember a treaty of brotherhood.
1:10 So I will send fire against the city wall of Tyre, and it will consume her citadels.
1:11 This is what the Lord says: Because of three sins of Edom, because of four, I will not hold back judgment, because he pursued his brother with a sword, and he had no compassion. His anger kept tearing Israel apart, and his fury raged without stopping.
1:12 So I will send fire against Teman, and it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.
1:13 This is what the Lord says: Because of three sins of the Ammonites, because of four, I will not hold back judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their own territory.
1:14 So I will ignite a fire against the city wall of Rabbah, and it will consume her citadels with a battle cry on the day of war, with a strong wind on the day of the storm.
1:15 Then their king will go into exile, he and his officials together. The Lord has spoken.
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