Amos 1:1-3
1599 Geneva Bible
Amos
1 1 The time of the prophecy of Amos. 3 The word of the Lord against Damascus, 6 The Philistines, Tyre, Idumea, and Ammon.
1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen at [a]Tekoa, which he saw upon Israel, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of [b]Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the [c]earthquake.
2 And he said, The Lord shall roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem, and the dwelling places of the shepherds shall perish, and the top [d]of Carmel shall wither.
3 ¶ Thus saith the Lord, For [e]three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn to it, because they have [f]threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron.
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- Amos 1:1 Which was a town five miles from Jerusalem in Judea, but he prophesied in Israel.
- Amos 1:1 In his days the kingdom of Israel did most flourish.
- Amos 1:1 Which as Josephus writeth, was when Uzziah would have usurped the Priest’s office, and therefore was smitten with the leprosy.
- Amos 1:2 Whatsoever is fruitful and pleasant in Israel, shall shortly perish.
- Amos 1:3 He showeth first that all the people round about should be destroyed for their manifold sins: which are meant by three and four, which make seven, because the Israelites should the more deeply consider God’s judgments toward them.
- Amos 1:3 If the Syrians shall not be spared for committing this cruelty against one city, it is not possible that Israel should escape punishment which hath committed so many and grievous sins against God and man.
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