Amos 1

Revised Geneva Translation

1 The words of Amos (who was among the herdsmen at Tekoa), which he saw upon 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 shall roar from Zion, and utter His voice from Jerusalem. And the dwelling places of the shepherds shall perish. And the top of Carmel shall wither.

³ “Thus says the LORD: ‘For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn to it. Because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron.

⁴ ‘Therefore I will send a fire into the house of Hazael. And it shall devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad.

⁵ ‘I will also break the bars of Damascus and cut off the inhabitant of Bikeath-Aven, and he who holds the scepter out of Beth Eden. And the people of Aram shall go into captivity to Kir,’ says the LORD.

⁶ “Thus says the LORD: ‘For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn to it. Because they carried away the whole captivity as prisoners, to shut them up in Edom.

⁷ ‘Therefore I will send a fire upon the walls of Gaza. And it shall devour the palaces thereof.

⁸ ‘And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and he who holds the scepter from Ashkelon, and turn My hand to Ekron. And the remnant 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 turn to it. Because they shut the whole captivity in Edom. And have not remembered the brotherly covenant.

¹⁰ ‘Therefore I will send a fire upon the walls of Tyre. And it shall devour the palaces thereof.’

¹¹ “Thus says the LORD: ‘For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn to it. Because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity. And his anger spoiled him evermore. And his wrath watched him always.

¹² ‘Therefore I will send a fire upon Teman. And it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.’

¹³ “Thus says the LORD: ‘For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn to it. Because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border.

¹⁴ ‘Therefore I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah. And it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle; with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind.

¹⁵ ‘And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together,’ says the LORD." Against Moab, Judah, and Israel.