Amos 1
The Lord will judge and punish various nations for their wicked deeds, including Damascus for its cruelty to Gilead, Gaza for its role in the slave trade, Tyre for its failure to show compassion to its brothers, Edom for its violence against its brother Israel, and the sons of Ammon for their brutal treatment of pregnant women. The Lord will send fire to devour the cities of these nations, including Damascus, Gaza, Tyre, and Rabbah. The people of these nations will be destroyed or taken into captivity, and their leaders will be punished. The Lord's judgment will be severe and unrelenting.
1The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw about 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 earthquake2And he said: The Lord will roar from Zion, and from Jerusalem he will utter his voice. And the beautiful pastures have mourned, and the top of Carmel has become dry3Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Damascus, and for four, I will not convert it, in so far as they have threshed Gilead into iron wagons4And I will send fire onto the house of Hazael, and it will devour the houses of Ben-hadad5And I will shatter the crowbar of Damascus, and I will destroy the inhabitants of the camp of the idol and the holder of the scepter of the house of pleasure; and the people of Syria will be transferred to Cyrene, says the Lord6Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Gaza, and for four, I will not convert it, in so far as they have carried out an excellent captivity, so as to enclose them in Idumea7And I will send a fire onto the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its buildings8And I will destroy the inhabitant from Ashdod, and the holder of the scepter of Ashkelon. And I will turn my hand against Ekron, and the remainder of the Philistines will perish, says the Lord God9Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Tyre, and for four, I will not convert it, in so far as they have completed an excellent captivity in Idumea and have not considered the bond among brothers10And I will send a fire onto the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its buildings11Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Edom, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has been pursuing his brother with the sword and has outraged his brother’s compassion, and he has gone beyond his anger and has held onto his indignation until the end12I will send a fire onto Teman, and it will devour the buildings of Bozrah13Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of the sons of Ammon, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has cut up the pregnant women of Gilead, so as to expand his limits14And I will ignite a fire on the wall of Rabbah. And it will devour its buildings, with wailing on the day of war, and with a whirlwind on the day of commotion15And Melchom will go into captivity, he and his leaders together, says the Lord
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