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The Prophet Amos

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- Chapter 1 -

(Jeremiah 12:14–17)
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These are the things concerning Israel that Amos, one of the shepherds in Tekoa, received in revelation. He received these things in the days of Azariah king of Judah, and also in the days of Jeroboam II son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
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He said, “Yahweh will roar from Zion; he will raise his voice from Jerusalem. The pastures of the shepherds will dry up; the top of Carmel will wither.”
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This is what Yahweh says: “For three sins of Damascus, even for four, I will not turn away punishment, because they threshed Gilead with instruments of iron.
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I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it will devour the fortresses of Ben Hadad.
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I will break the gate bars of Damascus and cut off the man who lives in Biqat Aven, and also the man who holds the scepter in Beth Eden. The people of Aram will go in captivity to Kir,” says Yahweh.
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This is what Yahweh says: “For three sins of Gaza, even for four, I will not turn away punishment, because they carried away captive a whole people, to hand them over to Edom.
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I will send fire on the walls of Gaza, and it will devour her fortresses.
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I will cut off the man who lives in Ashdod and the man who holds the scepter from Ashkelon. I will turn my hand against Ekron, and the rest of the Philistines will perish,” says Lord Yahweh.
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This is what Yahweh says: “For three sins of Tyre, even for four, I will not turn away punishment, because they had delivered up a whole people to Edom, and they broke their covenant of brotherhood.
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I will send fire on the walls of Tyre, and it will devour her fortresses.”
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This is what Yahweh says, “For three sins of Edom, even for four, I will not turn away punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity. His anger raged continually, and his wrath lasted forever.
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I will send fire on Teman, and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah.”
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This is what Yahweh says, “For three sins of the people of Ammon, even for four, I will not turn away punishment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, that they may enlarge their borders.
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I will light a fire in the walls of Rabbah, and it will devour the palaces, with a shout in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind.
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Their king will go into captivity, he and his officials together,” says Yahweh.
(Jeremiah 12:14–17)
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The 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.
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He said:The LORD (a) will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will wither.”
3
The LORD says:For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron;
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but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.
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I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir,” says the LORD.
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The LORD says:For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they carried away captive the whole community, to deliver them up to Edom;
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but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its palaces.
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I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord (b) GOD.
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The LORD says:For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, and didn’t remember the brotherly covenant;
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but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its palaces.”
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The LORD says:For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity, and his anger raged continually, and he kept his wrath forever;
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but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah.”
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The LORD says:For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border.
14
But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it will devour its palaces, with shouting in the day of battle, with a storm in the day of the whirlwind;
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and their king will go into captivity, he and his princes together,” says the LORD.

Footnotes

(a)1:2 When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.
(b)1:8 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”