The prophet introduces himself and shows the condition of the land
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📚The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds✭ of Tekoa✭, the visions he saw✭ concerning 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 roars✭ from Zion,
and makes his voice heard
from Jerusalem,
and the pastures of the shepherds
mourn and the top of Carmel withers✭”.
God pronounces judgment on other peoples
3 📚✭Thus says the LORD✭:
“For three transgressions✭
of Damascus, and for four,
I will not turn away its
punishment,
because they have threshed Gilead✭
with iron threshing implements.
4 📚✭So I will send a fire into
the house of Hazael,
which will devour the palaces
of Ben-Hadad.
5 📚I will also break the gate bar✭
of Damascus, and cut off
the inhabitant from the valley of Aven,
and the one who holds the sceptre
from Beth Eden;
and the people of Syria will go
into captivity to Kir✭”,
says the LORD.
On the Philistines
6 📚Thus says the LORD:
“For three transgressions of Gaza✭,
and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
because they deported
all the captives✭,
to deliver them up
to Edom.
7 📚So I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,
which will devour its palaces.
8 📚✭And I will cut off the inhabitant
from Ashdod,
and the one who holds the sceptre
from Ashkelon,
and I will turn my hand against Ekron;
and the rest of the Philistines
will perish✭”, says the Lord God✭.
On Tyre
9 📚Thus says the LORD:
“For three transgressions of Tyre✭,
and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
because they delivered up
all the captives to Edom,
and did not remember the covenant
of brotherhood✭.
10 📚So I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre,
which will devour its palaces”.
On Edom
11 📚Thus says the LORD:
“For three transgressions of Edom✭,
and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
because he pursued his brother✭
with the sword,
and cast off all pity,
and his anger tore continually,
and he kept his wrath permanently.
12 📚So I will send a fire on Teman,
which will devour the palaces
of Bozrah”.
On Ammon
13 📚Thus says the LORD:
“For three transgressions of the children
of Ammon✭,
and for four, I will not turn away
its punishment,
because they have ripped up
the pregnant women of Gilead✭,
so they could enlarge their border✭.
14 📚✭So I will kindle a fire on the wall
of Rabbah,
and it will devour its palaces,
amid shouting in the day of battle,
and a tempest in the day
of the whirlwind;
15 📚And their king will go
into captivity,
he and his princes together”,
says the LORD.