Amos 1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Amos 1

1 before the earthquake.

Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

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because they have threshed Gilead

with threshing sledges of iron.

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because they carried into exile entire communities,

to hand them over to Edom.

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

and it shall devour its strongholds.

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because they delivered entire communities over to Edom

and did not remember the covenant of kinship.

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because he pursued his brother with the sword

and cast off all pity;

he maintained his anger perpetually

and kept his wrath forever.

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because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead

in order to enlarge their territory.

14 Isa 29.6; 30.30; Jer 49.2; Ezek 21.22; Am 2.2 So I will kindle a fire against the wall of Rabbah,

and it shall devour its strongholds,

with shouting on the day of battle,

with a storm on the day of the whirlwind;

15 Jer 49.3 then their king shall go into exile,

he and his officials together, says the Lord.