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These are the words of Amos, one of the sheep farmers from Tekoa. He saw a vision about Israel during the reigns of Judah’s King Uzziah and Israel’s King Jeroboam, son of Joash. This happened two years before the earthquake.

He said:

Yahweh roars from Zion,
    and his voice thunders from Jerusalem.
    The pastures of the shepherds are turning brown,
    and the top of Mount Carmel is dried up.

Damascus Will Be Judged for Its Crimes

This is what Yahweh says:

Because Damascus has committed three crimes, and now a fourth crime,
    I will not change my plans.
        The Arameans have crushed the people of Gilead
            with iron-spiked threshing[a] sledges.
I will send a fire on the house of Hazael
    and burn down the palaces of Ben Hadad.
I will break the bars on the gates of Damascus.
    I will cut off those living in Aven Valley
        and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden.
    The people of Aram will go into captivity at Kir.

Yahweh has said this.

Gaza Will Be Judged for Its Crimes

This is what Yahweh says:

Because Gaza has committed three crimes, and now a fourth crime,
    I will not change my plans.
        The Philistines have taken all the people captive
            in order to hand them over to the Edomites.
I will send a fire on the walls of Gaza
    and burn down its palaces.
I will cut off those living in Ashdod
    and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelon.
    I will turn my power against Ekron.
    The rest of the Philistines will die.

Adonay Yahweh has said this.

Tyre Will Be Judged for Its Crimes

This is what Yahweh says:

Because Tyre has committed three crimes, and now a fourth crime,
    I will not change my plans.
        The Tyrians have handed all the people over to the Edomites.
            The Tyrians didn’t remember their treaty with their relatives.
10 I will send a fire on the walls of Tyre
    and burn down its palaces.

Edom Will Be Judged for Its Crimes

11 This is what Yahweh says:

Because Edom has committed three crimes, and now a fourth crime,
    I will not change my plans.
        The Edomites pursued their relatives with swords.
            They refused to show any compassion to them.
            Their anger was unstoppable.
            They refused to control their fury.
12 I will send a fire on Teman
    and burn down the palaces of Bozrah.

Ammon Will Be Judged for Its Crimes

13 This is what Yahweh says:

Because Ammon has committed three crimes, and now a fourth crime,
    I will not change my plans.
        The Ammonites enlarged their territory
            by ripping open pregnant women in Gilead.
14 I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah
    and burn down its palaces
        while troops are shouting on the day of battle
            and winds are howling on the day of the storm.
15 Their king will go into captivity along with his officials.

Yahweh has said this.

Footnotes

  1. Amos 1:3 Threshing is the process of beating stalks to separate them from the grain.

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