Amos 1:3-2:5
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3 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Damascus,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because they have threshed Gilead
with threshing sledges of iron.(A)
4 So I will send a fire on the house of Hazael,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.(B)
5 I will break the gate bars of Damascus
and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven
and the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden,
and the people of Aram shall go into exile to Kir,
says the Lord.(C)
6 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Gaza,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[b]
because they carried into exile entire communities,
to hand them over to Edom.(D)
7 So I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,
and it shall devour its strongholds.
8 I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod
and the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will turn my hand against Ekron,
and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,
says the Lord God.(E)
9 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Tyre,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[c]
because they delivered entire communities over to Edom
and did not remember the covenant of kinship.(F)
10 So I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre,
and it shall devour its strongholds.(G)
11 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Edom,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[d]
because he pursued his brother with the sword
and cast off all pity;
he maintained his anger perpetually[e]
and kept his wrath[f] forever.(H)
12 So I will send a fire on Teman,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.(I)
13 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of the Ammonites,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[g]
because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead
in order to enlarge their territory.(J)
14 So I will kindle a fire against the wall of Rabbah,
and it shall devour its strongholds,
with shouting on the day of battle,
with a storm on the day of the whirlwind;(K)
15 then their king shall go into exile,
he and his officials together,
says the Lord.(L)
2 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Moab,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[h]
because he burned to lime
the bones of the king of Edom.(M)
2 So I will send a fire on Moab,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth,
and Moab shall die amid uproar,
amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;(N)
3 I will cut off the ruler from its midst
and will kill all its officials with him,
says the Lord.(O)
Judgment on Judah
4 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Judah,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[i]
because they have rejected the instruction of the Lord
and have not kept his statutes,
but they have been led astray by the same lies
after which their ancestors walked.(P)
5 So I will send a fire on Judah,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.(Q)
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