1:1 The words of Amos which came [to him] in
Accarim out of Thecue, which he saw concerning Jerusalem, in the days of
Ozias king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joas king of
Israel, two years before the earthquake.
1:2 And he said, Yehovah has spoken out of Zion, and has uttered his voice
out of Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds have mourned, and the
top of Carmel is dried up.
1:3 And Yehovah said, For three sins of Damascus, and for four, I will not
turn away from it; because they sawed with iron saws the women with child of
the Galaadites.
1:4 And I will send a fire on the house of Azael, and it shall devour the
foundations of the son of Ader.
1:5 And I will break to pieces the bars of Damascus, and will destroy the
inhabitants out of the plain of On, and will cut in pieces a tribe out of
the men of Charhan: and the famous people of Syria shall be led captive,
saith Yehovah.
1:6 Thus saith Yehovah; For three sins of Gaza, and for four, I will not
turn away from them; because they took prisoners the captivity of Solomon,
to shut [them] up into Idumea.
1:7 And I will send forth a fire on the walls of Gaza, and it shall devour
its foundations.
1:8 And I will destroy the inhabitants out of Azotus, and a tribe shall be
cut off from Ascalon, and I will stretch out my hand upon Accaron: and the
remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith Yehovah.
1:9 Thus saith Yehovah; For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I
will not turn away from it; because they shut up the prisoners of Solomon
into Idumea, and remembered not the covenant of brethren.
1:10 And I will send forth a fire on the walls of Tyre, and it shall devour
the foundations of it.
1:11 Thus saith Yehovah; For three sins of Idumea, and for four, I will not
turn away from them; because they pursued their brother with the sword, and
destroyed the mother upon the earth, and summoned up his anger for a
testimony, and kept up his fury to the end.
1:12 And I will send forth a fire upon Thaman, and it shall devour the
foundations of her walls.
1:13 Thus saith Yehovah; For three sins of the children of Ammon, and for
four, I will not turn away from him; because they ripped up the women with
child of the Galaadites, that they might widen their coasts.
1:14 And I will kindle a fire on the walls of Rabbath, and it shall devour
her foundations with shouting in the day of war, and she shall be shaken in
the days of her destruction:
1:15 and her kings shall go into captivity, their priests and their rulers
together, saith Yehovah. |
1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the
herdmen 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.
1:2 And he said, Yehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from
Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of
Carmel shall wither.
1:3 Thus saith Yehovah; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four,
I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed
Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
1:4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the
palaces of Benhadad.
1:5 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 Yehovah.
1:6 Thus saith Yehovah; 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:
1:7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the
palaces thereof:
1:8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the
sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the
remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith Yehovah Elohim.
1:9 Thus saith Yehovah; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I
will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the
whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
1:10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the
palaces thereof.
1:11 Thus saith Yehovah; For three transgressions of Edom, 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:
1:12 But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of
Bozrah.
1:13 Thus saith Yehovah; 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:
1:14 But 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:
1:15 And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together,
saith Yehovah. |