Judgment on Neighbor Nations
1 The words of Amos, who was among the (A)sheepherders from (B)Tekoa, which he saw in visions concerning Israel in the days of (C)Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of (D)Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the (E)earthquake.
2 And he said,
“The (F)Lord roars from Zion,
And from Jerusalem He utters His voice;
And the shepherds’ (G)pasture grounds mourn,
And the (H)summit of Carmel dries up.”
3 This is what the Lord says:
“For (I)three offenses of (J)Damascus, and for four,
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges.
4 So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael,
And it will consume the citadels of (K)Ben-hadad.
5 I will also (L)break the gate bar of Damascus,
And eliminate every inhabitant from the Valley of Aven,
As well as him who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden;
So the people of Aram will be exiled to (M)Kir,”
Says the Lord.
6 This is what the Lord says:
“For three offenses of (N)Gaza, and for four,
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they led into exile an entire population
To (O)turn them over to Edom.
7 So I will send fire on the wall of Gaza
And it will consume her citadels.
8 I will also eliminate every inhabitant from (P)Ashdod,
As well as him who holds the scepter, from (Q)Ashkelon;
And I will direct My power against Ekron,
And the remnant of the (R)Philistines will perish,”
Says the Lord God.
9 This is what the Lord says:
“For three offenses of (S)Tyre, and for four,
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they turned an entire population over to Edom
And did not remember the covenant of (T)brotherhood.
10 So I will (U)send fire on the wall of Tyre,
And it will consume her citadels.”
11 This is what the Lord says:
“For three offenses of (V)Edom, and for four,
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because he (W)pursued his brother with the sword
And stifled his compassion;
His anger also (X)tore continually,
And he maintained his fury forever.
12 So I will send fire upon (Y)Teman
And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.”
13 This is what the Lord says:
“For three offenses of the sons of (Z)Ammon, and for four,
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they (AA)ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead
In order to (AB)enlarge their borders.
14 So I will kindle a fire on the wall of (AC)Rabbah,
And it will consume her citadels
Amid (AD)war cries on the day of battle,
And amid a (AE)storm on the day of tempest.
15 Their (AF)king will go into exile,
He and his princes together,” says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Amos 1:2
- Amos 1:3
- Amos 1:5
- Amos 1:8
- Amos 1:8
- Amos 1:9
- Amos 1:14
Cross references
- Amos 1:1 : Amos 7:14
- Amos 1:1 : 2 Sam 14:2; Jer 6:1
- Amos 1:1 : 2 Chr 26:1-23; Is 1:1
- Amos 1:1 : 2 Kin 14:23-29; Hos 1:1; Amos 7:10, 11
- Amos 1:1 : Zech 14:5
- Amos 1:2 : Is 42:13; Jer 25:30; Joel 3:16
- Amos 1:2 : Jer 12:4; Joel 1:18, 19
- Amos 1:2 : Amos 9:3
- Amos 1:3 : Amos 2:1, 4, 6
- Amos 1:3 : Is 8:4; 17:1-3; Jer 49:23-27; Zech 9:1
- Amos 1:4 : 1 Kin 20:1; 2 Kin 6:24
- Amos 1:5 : Jer 51:30; Lam 2:9
- Amos 1:5 : 2 Kin 16:9; Amos 9:7
- Amos 1:6 : 1 Sam 6:17; Jer 47:1, 5; Zeph 2:4
- Amos 1:6 : Ezek 35:5; Obad 11
- Amos 1:8 : 2 Chr 26:6; Amos 3:9; Zech 9:6
- Amos 1:8 : Jer 47:5; Zeph 2:4
- Amos 1:8 : Is 14:29-31; Jer 47:1-7; Ezek 25:16; Joel 3:4-8; Zeph 2:4-7; Zech 9:5-7
- Amos 1:9 : Is 23:1-18; Jer 25:22; Ezek 26:2-4; Joel 3:4-8; Zech 9:1-4; Matt 11:21, 22; Luke 10:13, 14
- Amos 1:9 : 1 Kin 9:11-14
- Amos 1:10 : Zech 9:4
- Amos 1:11 : Is 34:5, 6; 63:1-6; Jer 49:7-22; Ezek 25:12-14; 35:1-15; Obad 1-14; Mal 1:2-5
- Amos 1:11 : Num 20:14-21; 2 Chr 28:17; Obad 10-12
- Amos 1:11 : Is 57:16; Mic 7:18
- Amos 1:12 : Jer 49:7, 20; Obad 9
- Amos 1:13 : Jer 49:1-6; Ezek 21:28-32; 25:2-7; Zeph 2:8, 9
- Amos 1:13 : 2 Kin 15:16; Hos 13:16
- Amos 1:13 : Is 5:8; Ezek 35:10
- Amos 1:14 : Deut 3:11; 1 Chr 20:1; Jer 49:2
- Amos 1:14 : Ezek 21:22; Amos 2:2
- Amos 1:14 : Is 29:6; 30:30
- Amos 1:15 : Jer 49:3
