Amosa 1

1The message of Amos, one of the sheep breeders of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the reign of King Uzziah of Judah, and in the reign of Jeroboam the son of King Joash of Israel, two years before the earthquake. 2Amos said: the Lordroars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem, the pastures of the shepherds dry up, the top of Carmel becomes arid. 3The Lordsays: For Damascus’ three crimes – no, four! – I will not rescind my judgment. They have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron. 4Therefore I will send fire on Hazael’s house, it will devour the palaces of Ben-hadad. 5I will break open the gate of Damascus, I will wipe out those who live in the valley of Aven and the sceptered ruler of Beth-Eden. The people of Aram will go into captivity in Kir, the . Lord 6The Lordsays: For Gaza’s three crimes – no, four! – I will not rescind my judgment. They carried away captive a whole nation, them as slaves to Edom. 7Therefore I will send fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour her palaces. 8And I will wipe out those who live in Ashdod, and the sceptered ruler of Askelon. I will turn my hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish, the . Lord 9The Lordsays: For Tyre’s three crimes – no, four! – I will not rescind my judgment. They carried away captive a whole people into exile in Edom, and did not remember the brotherly covenant. 10So I will send fire on the walls of Tyre. It will devour her palaces. 11The Lordsays: For Edom’s three crimes – no, four! – I will not rescind my judgment. They pursued their relatives with the sword, their pity, their anger continually, their fury forever. 12So I will send a fire into Teman. It will destroy the palaces of Bozrah. 13The Lordsays: For Ammonites’ three crimes – no, four! – I will not rescind my judgment. They have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead, in their lust for land. 14So I will kindle a fire on the wall of Rabbah. It will destroy her palaces, with a war-cry in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind.