¶ The words¹ of Amos, who² was among the herdmen of Tekoa³, which he saw⁴ concerning Israel in the⁵ days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in⁷ the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake⁸.

And he said, The LORD⁹ will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations¹⁰ of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel¹¹ shall wither.

¶ Thus saith the LORD; For¹² three transgressions of Damascus¹³, and for four¹⁴, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because¹⁵ they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

But I will¹⁶ send a fire into the house of Hazael¹⁷, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad¹⁸.

I will break¹⁹ also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven²⁰, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden²¹: and the people²² of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.

Thus saith the LORD; For three²³ transgressions of Gaza²⁴, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried²⁵ away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom²⁶:

But I will²⁷ send a fire²⁸ on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:

And I will cut²⁹ off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn³⁰ mine hand against Ekron: and the³¹ remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus³², and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because³³ they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant³⁴:

¶³⁵But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom³⁶, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because³⁷ he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity³⁸, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:

But I will send a fire upon Teman³⁹, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah⁴⁰.

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children⁴¹ of Ammon, and for⁴² four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because⁴³ they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:

But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah⁴⁵, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting⁴⁶ in the day of battle, with a⁴⁷ tempest in the day of the whirlwind:

⁴⁸And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD.