Amos 1

“The LORD will roar from Zion,

and utter his voice from Jerusalem;

and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn,

and the top of Carmel will wither.”

³The LORD says:

“For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four,

I will not turn away its punishment,

because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron;

⁴but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael,

and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.

⁵I will break the bar of Damascus,

and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven,

and him who holds the sceptre from the house of Eden;

and the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir,”

says the LORD.

⁶The LORD says:

“For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four,

I will not turn away its punishment,

because they carried away captive the whole community,

to deliver them up to Edom;

⁷but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,

and it will devour its palaces.

⁸I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,

and him who holds the sceptre from Ashkelon;

and I will turn my hand against Ekron;

and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,”

says the Lord GOD.

⁹The LORD says:

“For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four,

I will not turn away its punishment;

because they delivered up the whole community to Edom,

and didn’t remember the brotherly covenant;

¹⁰but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre,

and it will devour its palaces.”

¹¹The LORD says:

“For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four,

I will not turn away its punishment,

because he pursued his brother with the sword

and cast off all pity,

and his anger raged continually,

and he kept his wrath forever;

¹²but I will send a fire on Teman,

and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah.”

¹³The LORD says:

“For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four,

I will not turn away its punishment,

because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead,

that they may enlarge their border.

¹⁴But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah,

and it will devour its palaces,

with shouting in the day of battle,

with a storm in the day of the whirlwind;

¹⁵and their king will go into captivity,

he and his princes together,”

says the LORD.