Amos 1

¹ The wordswords of Amos, who was among herdsmen of Thecua: which he sawsaw concerning IsraelIsrael in the daysdays of Ozias king of JudaJuda, and in the daysdays of Jeroboam the sonson of Joas king of IsraelIsrael two years beforebefore the earthquake.

² And he saidsaid: The LordThe Lord will roar from Sion, and utter his voicevoice from JerusalemJerusalem: and the beautiful places of the shepherdsshepherds have mournedmourned, and the top of CarmelCarmel is witheredwithered.

³ Thus saithsaith the Lordthe Lord: For threethree crimescrimes of DamascusDamascus, and for fourfour I will not convert it: because they have thrashed Galaad with ironiron wains.

⁴ And I will sendsend a firefire into the househouse of Azael, and it shall devourdevour the houseshouses of Benadad.

⁵ And I will breakbreak the barbar of DamascusDamascus: and I will cut offcut off the inhabitantsthe inhabitants from the plain of the idol, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the househouse of pleasurepleasure: and the people of SyriaSyria shall be carried away to Cyrene, saithsaith the Lordthe Lord.

⁶ Thus saithsaith the Lordthe Lord: For threethree crimescrimes of GazaGaza, and for fourfour I will not convert it: because they have carried away a perfect captivity to shutshut them up in EdomEdom.

⁷ And I will sendsend a firefire on the wallwall of GazaGaza, and it shall devourdevour the houses thereof.

⁸ And I will cut offcut off the inhabitant from Azotus, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ascalon: and I will turnturn my handhand against Accaron, and the rest of the PhilistinesPhilistines shall perish, saithsaith the LordLord God.

⁹ Thus saithsaith the Lordthe Lord: For threethree crimescrimes of TyreTyre, and for fourfour I will not convert it: because they have shut upshut up an entire captivity in EdomEdom, and have not rememberedremembered the covenant of brethrenbrethren.

¹⁰ And I will sendsend a firefire upon the wallwall of TyreTyre, and it shall devourdevour the houses thereof.

¹¹ Thus saithsaith the Lordthe Lord: For threethree crimescrimes of EdomEdom, and for fourfour I will not convert him: because he hath pursuedpursued his brotherbrother with the swordsword, and hath cast off all pity, and hath carried on his fury, and hath keptkept his wrathwrath to the end.

¹² I will sendsend a firefire into Theman: and it shall devourdevour the houses of Bosra.

¹³ Thus saithsaith the Lordthe Lord: For threethree crimescrimes of the childrenchildren of AmmonAmmon, and for fourfour I will not convert him: because he hath ripped up the women with childwith child of Galaad to enlarge his borderborder.

¹⁴ And I will kindle a firefire in the wallwall of Rabba: and it shall devourdevour the houses thereof with shoutingshouting in the day ofday of battlebattle, and with a whirlwind in the day ofday of trouble.

¹⁵ And Melchom shall gogo into captivity, both he, and his princesprinces together, saithsaith the Lordthe Lord.