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Amos 1
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1The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen 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 before the earthquake.
1These are the words of Amos, a shepherd from the town of Tekoa. He received this vision concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, while Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam, son of Joash, was king of Israel.
2And he said, Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
2Amos said: "The LORD roars from Zion and thunders from Jerusalem. The green pastures of the shepherds dry up, and even the top of Mount Carmel withers away."
3Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Damascus, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron.
3The LORD says: "Damascus has committed many sins, so I will certainly punish them. They crushed the people of Gilead with iron threshing sleds."
4But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
4"So I will send fire upon the house of King Hazael that will burn down the fortresses of Ben-hadad."
5And I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith Jehovah.
5"I will break down the gate bars of Damascus and wipe out the people living in the Valley of Aven and the ruler of Beth-eden. The people of Syria will be taken away as captives to the land of Kir," says the LORD.
6Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Gaza, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole people, to deliver them up to Edom.
6The LORD says: "Gaza has committed many sins, so I will certainly punish them. They captured entire communities and sold them as slaves to Edom."
7But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
7"So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza that will burn down its fortresses."
8And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord Jehovah.
8"I will wipe out the people of Ashdod and the ruler of Ashkelon. I will turn my power against the city of Ekron, and the rest of the Philistines will die," says the Sovereign LORD.
9Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Tyre, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole people to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant.
9The LORD says: "Tyre has committed many sins, so I will certainly punish them. They sold whole communities as slaves to Edom and broke their treaty of brotherhood."
10But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
10"So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre that will burn down its fortresses."
11Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever.
11The LORD says: "Edom has committed many sins, so I will certainly punish them. They chased their own relatives with swords and showed no mercy. Their anger raged constantly and they refused to let go of their hate."
12But I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
12"So I will send fire upon the city of Teman that will burn down the fortresses of Bozrah."
13Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border.
13The LORD says: "The people of Ammon have committed many sins, so I will certainly punish them. They ripped open the pregnant women in Gilead just to expand their own borders."
14But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
14"So I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah that will burn down its fortresses. It will happen with battle cries during the war and with a storm on a day of high winds."