Amos 1
1:1The words of Amos, which took place in Kirjath Jearim of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
1:2And he said, The lord uttered a sound from Zion, and from Jerusalem he gave his voice; and the pastures of the shepherds mourned, and the top of Carmel was dried up.
1:3And the lord said, For the three impious deeds of Damascus, even for the four, I will not turn away from him. Because they sawed by iron saws the ones having one in the womb in Gilead.
1:4And I will send a fire unto the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the foundations of the son of Hadad.
1:5And I shall break the bars of Damascus, and I will utterly destroy the inhabitants of the plain of On; and I will cut in pieces a tribe of the men of Eden; and select people of Syria shall be captured, says the lord.
1:6Thus says the lord, For the three impious deeds of Gaza, and for the four, I will not turn away from them. Because of their capturing the captivity of Solomon, to close them up in Edom.
1:7And I will send out fire upon the walls of Gaza, and it shall devour her foundations.
1:8And I will utterly destroy the inhabitants of Ashdod, and shall lift away a tribe from Ashkelon, and I will bring my hand upon Ekron. And the rest of the Philistines shall be destroyed, says the lord.
1:9Thus says the lord, For the three impious deeds of Tyre, even for the four, I will not turn away from her. Because they closed up the captivity of Solomon in Edom, and remembered not the covenant of brethren.
1:10And I will send out fire upon the walls of Tyre, and it shall devour her foundations.
1:11Thus says the lord, For the three impious deeds of Edom, even for the four, I will not turn away from them. Because of his brother pursuing them with the broadsword, and he laid waste the mother upon the earth, and seized by force for a testimony of his shuddering awe; and his impulse he kept unto victory.
1:12And I will send forth fire against Teman, and it shall devour her foundations.
1:13Thus says the lord, For the three impious deeds of the sons of Ammon, even for the four, I will not turn away from them. Because they ripped open the ones having one in the womb of the ones of Gilead, so that they should widen their borders.
1:14And I will light a fire even against the walls of Rabbah, and it shall devour her foundations with a cry in the day of war, and it shall be shaken in the days of her consumption.
1:15And their king shall go into captivity -- the priests and their rulers together, says the lord.