Amos 1

1The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Jerusalem 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.

2And he said, 'The Lord proclaims out of Zion, and out of Jerusalem He gives a shout. The pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel is dried up.'

3Thus says the Lord: 'For three sins of Damascus and for four, I shall not turn away from it; for they sawed open the pregnant wives of the men of Gilead with a saw made of iron.

4So I shall send fire into the house of Hazael, and it will consume the foundations of the son of Hadad.

5And I shall shatter the bars of the gate of Damascus into pieces. I will put to death those dwelling in the plains of Aven, and I will cut in pieces the people of Charran. The notable people of Syria will be led away captive,' says the Lord.

6Thus says the Lord: 'For three sins of Gaza and for four, I shall not turn away its punishment, for they took prisoner the whole captivity of Solomon and held them as slaves in Edom.

7And I shall send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it will consume its foundations.

8I shall put to death those dwelling in Ashdod and remove the people of Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,' says the Lord.

9Thus says the Lord: 'For three sins of Tyre and for four, I shall not turn away its punishment, for they imprisoned the captivity of Solomon to Edom, and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.

10And I shall send a fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it will consume its foundations.'

11Thus says the Lord: 'For three sins of Edom and for four, I shall not turn away its punishment, because Edom pursued his brother with a sword and ravaged the womb on the earth. And as a testimony he took captive those shuddering in fear, and he sustained his violence in battle.

12Therefore I shall send a fire upon Teman that will consume the foundations of its walls.'

13Thus says the Lord: 'For three acts of ungodliness by the sons of Ammon and for four, I shall not turn away its punishment, for they ripped open women with child in Gilead so as to expand their territory.

14Therefore, I shall kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah. It shall consume her foundations with shouting in the day of war, and she shall be shaken in the days of her destruction. Their kings shall go into captivity, their priests and their princes together,' says the Lord.