Old Testament · Prophets
Amos chapter 1
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The words of Amos, one of the of , and what he saw about Israel when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Joash was king of Israel, two years before .He said:
Yahweh from Zion,
from Jerusalem he lifts his voice,
and the pastures of the shepherds ,
and the top of dries up.This is what Yahweh says:
For three of Damascus, and for four, I will not take it back.
They .So I will send fire on ,
and it will eat the of Ben-Hadad.I will break of Damascus,
and cut down whoever sits on the throne in the Valley of Aven
and in Beth Eden,
and the people of Aram will go into exile to , says Yahweh.This is what Yahweh says:
For three crimes of Gaza, and for four, I will not take it back.
They carried off into exile and sold them to Edom.So I will send fire on the wall of Gaza,
and it will eat her strongholds.I will cut down whoever sits on the throne in Ashdod
and the one who holds the staff in Ashkelon.
I will turn my hand against Ekron,
and the last of will die, says .This is what Yahweh says:
For three crimes of Tyre, and for four, I will not take it back.
They handed a whole community over to Edom
and forgot .So I will send fire on the wall of Tyre,
and it will eat her strongholds.This is what Yahweh says:
For three crimes of Edom, and for four, I will not take it back.
He chased with a sword
and ,
his anger tore on and on
and he kept his fury alive for good.So I will send fire on Teman,
and it will eat the strongholds of Bozrah.This is what Yahweh says:
For three crimes of the Ammonites, and for four, I will not take it back.
They cut open the pregnant women of Gilead
.So I will send fire on the wall of Rabbah,
and it will eat her strongholds,
with a on the day of battle,
with a gale on the day of the storm. will go into exile,
he and his officials together, says Yahweh.