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. See also: Zechariah 14:5 2 Chronicles 26:1-23 2 Samuel 14:2 1 Kings 19:19 2 Chronicles 11:6
2 And he said, The LORD 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. See also: Joel 3:16 Jeremiah 25:30 Isaiah 42:13 Amos 9:3 Jeremiah 12:4
3 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; 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: See also: 2 Kings 8:12 2 Kings 10:32-33 Isaiah 8:4 Amos 1:9 Amos 2:6
4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad. See also: Jeremiah 49:27 2 Kings 6:24 2 Kings 8:7-15 2 Kings 13:3 2 Kings 13:25
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 the LORD. See also: 2 Kings 16:9 Amos 9:7 Jeremiah 51:30 Isaiah 43:14 Lamentations 2:9
6 Thus saith the LORD; 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: See also: 2 Chronicles 28:18 Amos 1:11 Obadiah 1:11 1 Samuel 6:17 Amos 1:9
7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof: See also: Zephaniah 2:4 2 Kings 18:8 Jeremiah 47:1 Deuteronomy 32:35 Deuteronomy 32:41-43
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 the Lord GOD. See also: Ezekiel 25:16 Isaiah 14:29-31 Jeremiah 47:4-5 Zephaniah 2:4-7 2 Chronicles 26:6
9 Thus saith the LORD; 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: See also: 1 Kings 9:11-14 Isaiah 23:1-18 Joel 3:4-8 Zechariah 9:2-4 2 Samuel 5:11
10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof. See also: Zechariah 9:4 Amos 1:7 Ezekiel 26:12 Amos 1:4
11 Thus saith the LORD; 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: See also: Ezekiel 25:12-14 Numbers 20:14-21 2 Chronicles 28:17 Psalms 137:7 Jeremiah 49:7-22
12 But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. See also: Jeremiah 49:7 Jeremiah 49:20 Obadiah 1:9-10 Jeremiah 49:13 Jeremiah 49:22
13 Thus saith the LORD; 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: See also: Ezekiel 25:2-7 Hosea 13:16 Jeremiah 49:1-6 Isaiah 5:8 Ezekiel 35:10
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: See also: Deuteronomy 3:11 Jeremiah 49:2 Amos 2:2 2 Samuel 12:26 Isaiah 30:30
15 And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD. See also: Jeremiah 49:3