Amos Chapter 1

¹ The Message of Amos, Shepherd from Tekoa, About Israel

at the Time of Uzziah, King of Judah, and Jeroboam Son of Joash, King of Israel,

Two Years Before the Earthquake

² He said,

      “The LORD will roar from Zion;

            he’ll thunder from Jerusalem.

      The shepherds’ pastures will dry up;

            the grass on Carmel’s summit will wither away.”

God’s Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

³ The LORD says,

      “For three sins of Damascus and for four,

I won’t hold back its punishment:e said, He said

      they threshed the people of Gilead

            with sledges that had iron teeth.

         ⁴So I’ll send down fire on the house of Hazael,

                  consume the fortresses of Benhadad,

                  ⁵ break the bars on the gates of Damascus,

                  eliminate the people in the Valley of Aven

                        and the one that holds the scepter from Beth-eden.

The people of Syria will go to Kir in exile.”              Amos 1:1-5

⁶ The LORD says,

      “For three sins of Gaza and for four,

I won’t hold back its punishment:

      they deported an entire population to Edom.

         ⁷So I’ll send down fire on the walls of Gaza

            and consume its fortresses.

         ⁸I’ll eliminate the people from Ashdod

            and the one that holds the scepter in Ashkelon.

      I’ll unleash my power on Ekron,

And the remnant of Philistines will perish.”              Amos 1:6-8

⁹ The LORD says,

      “For three sins of Tyre and for four,

I won’t hold back its punishment:

      they delivered an entire population to Edom

            and broke the treaty between kin.

         ¹⁰So I’ll send down fire on the walls of Tyre

            and burn its fortresses.”                                           

Amos 1:9-10

¹¹ The LORD says,

      “For three sins of Edom and for four,

I won’t hold back its punishment:

      they pursued their brothers with a sword

            and tossed mercy aside.

      In their anger they slashed them again and again;

            they kept up their fury without end.

         ¹² So I’ll send down fire on Teman

            and burn the fortresses in Bozrah.”                         

Amos 1:11-12

¹³ The LORD says,

      “For three sins of the Ammonites and for four,

I won’t hold back their punishment:

      they ripped open pregnant women in Gilead

            when they extended their borders.

         ¹⁴So I’ll kindle a fire on the walls of Rabbah

            and burn its fortresses

                  amid war cries like a storm.

         ¹⁵Their king will go into exile with his officials.”           

Amos 1:13-15