Amos 1
1 Here is the message that was given to Amos, a shepherd from Tekoa in Judah. This is what he saw concerning Israel when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam, son of Jehoash, was king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
2 And he said, The Lord roars from Zion, he shouts from Jerusalem. The shepherds' pastures wither, the top of Mount Carmel dries up.
3 This is what the Lord says: The people of Damascus have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, for they beat the people of Gilead with sharp iron threshing tools.
4 So I will send fire down on the house of Hazael and burn up Ben-Hadad's fortresses.
5 I will smash the gates of Damascus, I will cut down those who live in the Valley of Aven, and the ruler from Beth Eden. The people of Aram will be deported as prisoners to the land of Kir, says the Lord.
6 This is what the Lord says: The people of Gaza have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, for they sent into exile whole communities, handing them over to Edom.
7 So I will send down fire on the walls of Gaza and burn up its fortresses.
8 I will cut down those who live in Ashdod and the ruler of Ashkelon. I will turn to punish Ekron and the Philistines who remain will die, says the Lord God.
9 This is what the Lord says: The people of Tyre have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, for they exiled whole communities, handing them over to Edom, and did not keep their agreement to help each other as members of the same family.
10 So I will send down fire on the walls of Tyre and burn up its fortresses.
11 This is what the Lord says: The people of Edom have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, for they hunted down the Israelites to whom they were related, killing them with swords. They attacked without mercy, tearing the Israelites to pieces in an angry rage that never stopped.
12 So I will send down fire on Teman, and I will burn up the fortresses of Bozrah.
13 This is what the Lord says: The people of Ammon have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, because they ripped open pregnant women in Gilead as part of their war to enlarge their territory.
14 I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah and burn up its fortresses. There will be shouts on the day of battle which will whirl with rage like a windstorm.
15 Their king will be sent into exile together with his princes, says the Lord.
Cross-references
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- 1Zec 14:5, 2Ch 26:1–23, 1Ki 19:19, Amo 7:14, 2Ch 20:20, 2Ch 11:6, 2Sa 14:2, Psa 78:70–72
- 2Jol 3:16, Jer 25:30, Amo 9:3, Isa 42:13, Jer 12:4, Nam 1:4, Pro 20:2, Jer 50:19
- 32Ki 8:12, Isa 8:4, Amo 1:9, 2Ki 10:32–33, Amo 2:6, Amo 1:13, Jer 49:23–27, Amo 1:6
- 4Jer 49:27, Jer 17:27, 2Ki 8:7–15, 2Ki 13:3, 2Ki 13:25, 2Ki 6:24, 1Ki 19:15, Ezk 39:6
- 52Ki 16:9, Amo 9:7, Jer 51:30, Isa 43:14, Lam 2:9, Jer 50:36, Nam 3:13
- 62Ch 28:18, Amo 1:11, Oba 1:11, 1Sa 6:17, Amo 1:9, Jol 3:6, Ezk 35:5, Isa 14:29–31
- 7Zep 2:4, Jer 47:1, 2Ki 18:8, Deu 32:41–43, 2Ch 26:6, Zec 9:5–7, Psa 75:7–8, Psa 94:1–5
- 8Ezk 25:16, Isa 14:29–31, Zep 2:4–7, Jer 47:4–5, Zec 9:6, Isa 20:1, 2Ch 26:6, Psa 81:14
- 91Ki 9:11–14, Isa 23:1–18, Jol 3:4–8, Zec 9:2–4, Ezk 26:1–21, 2Sa 5:11, 2Ch 2:8–16, Jer 25:22
- 10Zec 9:4, Amo 1:7, Amo 1:4, Ezk 26:12
- 11Ezk 25:12–14, 2Ch 28:17, Num 20:14–21, Jer 49:7–22, Psa 137:7, Jol 3:19, Mal 1:4, Oba 1:1–14
- 12Oba 1:9–10, Jer 49:7, Jer 49:20, Jer 49:22, Jer 49:13, Gen 36:11, Isa 34:6, Gen 36:33
- 13Ezk 25:2–7, Hos 13:16, Jer 49:1–6, Zep 2:8–9, Isa 5:8, Ezk 35:10, Hab 2:5–6, Jdg 10:7–9
- 14Jer 49:2, Deu 3:11, Amo 2:2, 2Sa 12:26, Isa 30:30, Isa 9:5, Ezk 25:5, Job 39:25
- 15Jer 49:3