Amos 1 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

Amo 1:1

Amo 1:1The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds[fn] of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years[fn] before the earthquake.

Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

Amo 1:2

Amo 1:2And he said:
“The LORD roars from Zion
and utters his voice from Jerusalem;
the pastures of the shepherds mourn,
and the top of Carmel withers.”

Amo 1:3

Amo 1:3Thus says the LORD:
“For three transgressions of Damascus,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[fn]
because they have threshed Gilead
with threshing sledges of iron.

Amo 1:4

Amo 1:4So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.

Amo 1:5

Amo 1:5I will break the gate-bar of Damascus,
and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven,[fn]
and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden;
and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir,”
says the LORD.

Amo 1:6

Amo 1:6Thus says the LORD:
“For three transgressions of Gaza,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because they carried into exile a whole people
to deliver them up to Edom.

Amo 1:7

Amo 1:7So I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza,
and it shall devour her strongholds.

Amo 1:8

Amo 1:8I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod,
and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will turn my hand against Ekron,
and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,”
says the Lord GOD.

Amo 1:9

Amo 1:9Thus says the LORD:
“For three transgressions of Tyre,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because they delivered up a whole people to Edom,
and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.

Amo 1:10

Amo 1:10So I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre,
and it shall devour her strongholds.”

Amo 1:11

Amo 1:11Thus says the LORD:
“For three transgressions of Edom,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because he pursued his brother with the sword
and cast off all pity,
and his anger tore perpetually,
and he kept his wrath forever.

Amo 1:12

Amo 1:12So I will send a fire upon Teman,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.”

Amo 1:13

Amo 1:13Thus says the LORD:
“For three transgressions of the Ammonites,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead,
that they might enlarge their border.

Amo 1:14

Amo 1:14So I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah,
and it shall devour her strongholds,
with shouting on the day of battle,
with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;

Amo 1:15

Amo 1:15and their king shall go into exile,
he and his princes[fn] together,”
says the LORD.

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ESV Footnotes

(1:1)

Or sheep breeders

(1:1)

Or during two years

(1:3)

Hebrew I will not turn it back; also verses 6, 9, 11, 13

(1:5)

Or On

(1:15)

Or officials

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