Book of Amos, Chapter 1
Chapter 1 of Amos
¶ “The LORD roars from Zion,
and utters his voice from Jerusalem;
the pastures of the shepherds mourn,
and the top of Carmel withers.”
¶ “For three transgressions of Damascus,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;[b]
because they have threshed Gilead
with threshing sledges of iron.
and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-ha′dad.
and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven,[c]
and him that holds the scepter from Beth-eden;
and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir,”
says the LORD.
¶ “For three transgressions of Gaza,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;[d]
because they carried into exile a whole people
to deliver them up to Edom.
and it shall devour her strongholds.
and him that holds the scepter from Ash′kelon;
I will turn my hand against Ekron;
and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,”
says the Lord GOD.
¶ “For three transgressions of Tyre,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;[e]
because they delivered up a whole people to Edom,
and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.
and it shall devour her strongholds.”
¶ “For three transgressions of Edom,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;[f]
because he pursued his brother with the sword,
and cast off all pity,
and his anger tore perpetually,
and he kept his wrath[g] for ever.
and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.”
¶ “For three transgressions of the Ammonites,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;[h]
because they have ripped up women with child in Gilead,
that they might enlarge their border.
and it shall devour her strongholds,
with shouting in the day of battle,
with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
he and his princes together,”
says the LORD.FOOTNOTES
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