1:1 The words of Amos, who was one of the sheepbreeders from Tekoa, which he received in a vision concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
1:2 He said: The Lord roars from Zion, and raises his voice from Jerusalem; The pastures of the shepherds languish, and the summit of Carmel withers.
1:3 Thus says the Lord: For three crimes of Damascus, and now four— I will not take it back— Because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron,
1:4 I will send fire upon the house of Hazael, and it will devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.
1:5 I will break the barred gate of Damascus; From the Valley of Aven I will cut off the one enthroned, And the sceptered ruler from Beth-eden; the people of Aram shall be exiled to Kir, says the Lord.
1:6 Thus says the Lord: For three crimes of Gaza, and now four— I will not take it back— Because they exiled an entire population, handing them over to Edom,
1:7 I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its strongholds;
1:8 From Ashdod I will cut off the one enthroned and the sceptered ruler from Ashkelon; I will turn my hand against Ekron, and the last of the Philistines shall perish, says the Lord God.
1:9 Thus says the Lord: For three crimes of Tyre, and now four— I will not take it back— Because they handed over an entire population to Edom, and did not remember their covenant of brotherhood,
1:10 I will send fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its strongholds.
1:11 Thus says the Lord: For three crimes of Edom, and now four— I will not take it back— Because he pursued his brother with the sword, suppressing all pity, Persisting in his anger, his wrath raging without end,
1:12 I will send fire upon Teman, and it will devour the strongholds of Bozrah.
1:13 Thus says the Lord: For three crimes of the Ammonites, and now four— I will not take it back— Because they ripped open pregnant women in Gilead, in order to extend their territory,
1:14 I will kindle a fire upon the wall of Rabbah, and it will devour its strongholds Amid war cries on the day of battle, amid stormwind on the day of tempest.
1:15 Their king shall go into exile, he and his princes with him, says the Lord.
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