1 The words of Amos, who was among the ch. 7:14,15shepherds1:1 Or sheep breeders of 2 Sam. 14:2Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel See Hos. 1:1in the days of 2 Kgs. 15:1,13,30;2 Chr. 26:1Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of ch. 7:10;2 Kgs. 14:23Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years1:1 Or during two years before Zech. 14:5;[Isa. 29:6]the earthquake.
Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors
2 And he said:
See Joel 3:16"The Lord roars from Zion
and utters his voice from Jerusalem;
[Ps. 65:12] the pastures of the shepherds mourn,
and the ch. 9:3top of See Josh. 19:26Carmel withers."
3 Thus says the Lord:
ver. 9, 11, 13;ch. 2:1,4,6;Prov. 30:15,18,21,29"For three transgressions of [Isa. 8:4] Damascus,
and for four, [Isa. 8:4] I will not revoke the punishment,1:3 Hebrew I will not turn it back; also verses 6, 9, 11, 13
because they have threshed ver. 13;[2 Kgs. 10:33;Isa. 21:10]Gilead
with threshing sledges of iron.
4 Jer. 49:27So I will send a fire upon the house of 2 Kgs. 13:24,25Hazael,
and it shall devour the strongholds of 2 Kgs. 13:24,25Ben-hadad.
5 I will Jer. 51:30break the gate-bar of [See ver. 3above] Damascus,
and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of See Hos. 4:15Aven,1:5 Or On
and him who holds the scepter from 2 Kgs. 19:12Beth-eden;
and the people of ch. 9:7;[2 Kgs. 16:9] Syria shall go into exile to ch. 9:7;2 Kgs. 16:9Kir,"
says the Lord.
6 Thus says the Lord:
[See ver. 3above] "For three transgressions of Jer. 47:1,5;Zeph. 2:4;Zech. 9:5Gaza,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because 2 Chr. 28:18;See Joel 3:4-6they carried into exile a whole people
to deliver them up to Edom.
7 So I will send a fire upon the wall of [See ver. 6above]Gaza,
and it shall devour her strongholds.
8 I will cut off the inhabitants from ch. 3:9;1 Sam. 5:1Ashdod,
and him 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.
9 Thus says the Lord:
[See ver. 3above] "For three transgressions of See Joel 3:4Tyre,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because they delivered up a whole people to Edom,
and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.
10 So I will send a fire upon the wall of [See ver. 9above]Tyre,
and it shall devour her strongholds."
11 Thus says the Lord:
[See ver. 3above] "For three transgressions of [2 Chr. 28:17] Edom,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
[2 Chr. 28:17] because he pursued his brother with the sword
Ps. 137:7;[Joel 3:19;Mal. 1:4] and cast off all pity,
Ezek. 35:5and his anger tore perpetually,
Ezek. 35:5and he kept his wrath forever.
12 So I will send a fire upon Obad. 9;See 1 Chr. 1:45Teman,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Isa. 63:1;See 1 Chr. 1:44Bozrah."
13 Thus says the Lord:
[See ver. 3above] "For three transgressions of the Jer. 49:1,2;Zeph. 2:8,9Ammonites,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because See Hos. 13:16they have ripped open pregnant women in ver. 3Gilead,
that they might enlarge their border.
14 So I will kindle a fire in the wall of 2 Sam. 11:1;12:26;See Ezek. 21:20Rabbah,
[Ezek. 21:28,29]and it shall devour her strongholds,
with shouting on the day of battle,
[Ezek. 21:28,29]with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
15 and Jer. 49:3their king shall go into exile,
he and his princes1:15 Or officials together,"
says the Lord.