1The words of Amos, who was one of the herdsmen of Tekoa. These are the things he saw about 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.
2And he said, "The LORD will roar from Zion, and will sound his voice from Jerusalem. The pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will wither."
3This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn the punishment away. For they threshed Gilead with threshing tools of iron."
4"But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it will burn up the palaces of Benhadad."
5"I will also break the gate bar of Damascus. I will cut off the one who lives in the plain of Aven, and the one who holds the sceptre in the house of Eden. And the people of Syria will go as captives to Kir, says the LORD."
6This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn the punishment away. For they carried away a whole people as captives, to hand them over to Edom."
7"But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will burn up its palaces."
8"I will cut off the one who lives in Ashdod, and the one who holds the sceptre in Ashkelon. I will turn my hand against Ekron, and the rest of the Philistines will die, says the Lord GOD."
9This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn the punishment away. For they handed over a whole people as captives to Edom, and did not remember the covenant of brothers."
10"But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, and it will burn up its palaces."
11This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Edom, and for four, I will not turn the punishment away. For he chased his brother with the sword, and threw away all pity. His anger tore without stopping, and he kept his fury for ever."
12"But I will send a fire on Teman, and it will burn up the palaces of Bozrah."
13This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn the punishment away. For they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, to make their own border wider."
14"But I will light a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it will burn up its palaces, with shouting on the day of battle, with a storm on the day of the whirlwind."
15"And their king will go into captivity, he and his princes together, says the LORD."