Amos

 1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of ^aUzziah king of Judah, and in the days of ^bJeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the ^cearthquake.

 2 And he said, The Lord will ^aroar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the ^bhabitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.

 3 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ^athreshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

 4 But I will send a fire into the house of ^aHazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

 5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain 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 the Lord.

 6 ¶Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:

 7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:

 8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from ^aAshdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the ^bPhilistines shall perish, saith the Lord God.

 9 ¶Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of ^aTyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the ^bbrotherly covenant:

 10 But I will send a fire on the wall of ^aTyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.

 11 ¶Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of ^aEdom, and 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:

 12 But I will send a fire upon ^aTeman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

 13 ¶Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:

 14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of ^aRabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:

 15 And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the Lord.