AMOS

Amos 1 ©

The condition of Amos and the time of his prophesying, v. 1. He announces God’s dreadful judgments, v. 2. Upon Syria, v. 3. Upon the Philistines, 6. Upon Edom, 11. And upon Ammon, 13. Especially because of their persecution and oppression of His people.

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THE 1words of Amos, who was among the 2herdmen of 3Tekoa, which he 4saw concerning Israel in the days of 5Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before 6thea earthquake.

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And he said, The LORD will 7roarb from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the 8habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the 9top of Carmel shall wither.

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Thus saith the LORD; 10For three transgressions of 11Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away 12the punishment thereof; because they have threshed 13Gilead with 14threshing instruments of iron:

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But I will send a 15fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

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I will breakc also the 16bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the 17plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the 18sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto 19Kir,d saith the LORD.

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¶Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of 20Gaza,e and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away 21captive 22the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:

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

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And I will cut off the inhabitant from 23Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine 24hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines 25shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.

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¶Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of 26Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole 27captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly 28covenant:

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

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¶Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of 29Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his 30brother with the sword, and did cast off all 31pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his 32wrath for ever:

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But I will send a fire upon 33Teman, which shall devour the palaces of 34Bozrah.

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¶Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the 35children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have 36ripped up the women with child of 37Gilead, that they might enlarge their 38border:

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But I will kindle a fire in the wall of 39Rabbah, and it shall devour the 40palaces thereof, with 41shouting in the day of battle, with a 42tempest in the day of the whirlwind:

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And their 43king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD.