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Amos 1 (AMP)

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¹ THE WORDS of Amos, who was among the herdsmen and sheep masters 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. ² And he said, The Lord roars out of Zion and utters His voice from Jerusalem; then the pastures of the shepherds mourn and the top of Carmel dries up. ³ Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Damascus and for four , I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because they have threshed Gilead with iron sledges. ⁴ So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael which shall devour the palaces and strongholds of Ben-hadad. ⁵ I will break also the bar of Damascus and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven or On, and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir, says the Lord. ⁶ Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Gaza and for four , I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because they carried away captive the whole population and delivered them up to Edom . ⁷ So I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza which shall devour its strongholds. ⁸ And I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon, and I will turn My hand against Ekron; and the rest of the Philistines shall perish, says the Lord God. ⁹ Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Tyre and for four , I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because they delivered up a whole population to Edom and did not remember their brotherly covenant. ¹⁰ So I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre which shall devour its strongholds. ¹¹ Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Edom and for four , I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because he pursued his brother Jacob (Israel) with the sword, corrupting his compassions and casting off all pity, and his anger tore perpetually and his wrath he kept and heeded forever. ¹² So I will send a fire upon Teman which shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah . ¹³ Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of the children of Ammon and for four , I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because have ripped up women with child in Gilead, that they might enlarge their border. ¹⁴ So I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah and it shall devour the strongholds of it, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind; ¹⁵ And their king shall go into exile, he and his princes together, says the Lord.