1 ¶ The words of Amos, who was one of the shepherds of Tekoa, concerning what he saw in regard to Israel, two years before the earthquake, during the reign of Uzziah king of Judah, and during the reign of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel.

2 He said, The LORD will roar from Zion, his voice thunders from Jerusalem; and the dwelling places of the shepherds mourn, the top of Mount Carmel withers.

3 ¶ Thus says the LORD; For three crimes of Damascus, and for four, I will not take away its punishment; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, that will devour the palaces of Benhadad.

5 I will break the bars of Damascus, and destroy the people living in the valley of Idols, and him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria will go into captivity at Kir, says the LORD.

6 Thus says the LORD; For three crimes of Gaza, and for four, I will not take away its punishment; because they carried an entire community away captive, and handed them over to Edom:

7 But I will send fire against the walls of Gaza, which will devour its palaces:

8 And I will destroy the people living in Ashdod, and the man who holds the scepter in Ashkelon, and I will turn my hand against Ekron: and the rest of the Philistines will perish, says the Lord GOD.

9 Thus says the LORD; For three crimes of Tyre, and for four, I will not take away its punishment; because they handed over all their captives to Edom, forgetting their treaty of brotherhood:

10 But I will send a fire against the wall of Tyrus, which will devour its palaces.

11 Thus says the LORD; For three crimes of Edom, and for four, I will not take away its punishment; because he pursued his brother with a sword, driving any pity from his heart, constantly torn with anger, incessantly harboring rage:

12 But I will hurl fire into Teman, which will destroy the palaces of Bozrah.

13 Thus says the LORD; For three crimes of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not take away its punishment; because they have ripped up the women of Gilead who were with child, that they might enlarge their border:

14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it will destroy its palaces, with shouting on the day of battle, and with a storm on the day of the whirlwind:

15 And their king will go into captivity, he and his princes together, says the LORD.