Amos 1 - Amplified Bible(AMP)

Judgment on Neighboring Nations

1The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa, which he saw 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.

2And he said,

“The Lord thunders and roars from Zion

And utters His voice from Jerusalem;

Then the pastures of the shepherds mourn,

And the summit of Carmel dries up.”

3¶Thus says the Lord,

“For three transgressions of Damascus and for four (multiplied delinquencies)

I shall not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,

Because they have threshed Gilead with sharp iron sledges.

4“So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael,

And it shall devour the palaces and strongholds of Ben-hadad (Hazael’s son).

5“I also will break the bar of Damascus,

And cut off and destroy the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven (Wickedness),

And the ruler who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden (Damascus);

And the people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,”

Says the Lord.

6¶Thus says the Lord,

“For three transgressions of Gaza and for four (multiplied delinquencies)

I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,

Because they took captive the entire population

And deported them to Edom.

7“So I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza

And it shall consume her citadels.

8“And I will cut off and destroy the inhabitants from Ashdod,

And the ruler who holds the scepter, from Ashkelon;

And I will unleash My power and turn My hand against Ekron,

And the rest of the Philistines shall die,”

Says the Lord God.

9¶Thus says the Lord,

“For three transgressions of Tyre and for four (multiplied delinquencies)

I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,

Because they deported an entire population to Edom

And did not remember their covenant of brotherhood.

10“So I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre,

And it shall consume her citadels.”

11¶Thus says the Lord,

“For three transgressions of Edom and for four (multiplied delinquencies)

I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,

Because he pursued his brother Jacob (Israel) with the sword,

Corrupting and stifling his compassions and casting off all mercy;

His destructive anger raged continually,

And he maintained his wrath forever.

12“So I will send a fire upon Teman,

And it shall consume the citadels of Bozrah.”

13¶Thus says the Lord,

“For three transgressions of the children of Ammon and for four (multiplied delinquencies)

I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,

Because the Ammonites have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead,

That they might enlarge their border.

14“So I will kindle a fire on the wall of Rabbah

And it shall devour its strongholds

Amid war cries and shouts of alarm on the day of battle,

And a tempest on the day of the whirlwind.

15“Their king shall go into exile,

He and his princes together,” says the Lord.