The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Amos 01
1 The words of Amos, who was among
the herdsmen 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.
2 He said: “Yahweh† 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.”
3 Yahweh 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;
4 but I will send a fire into the house of
Hazael, and it will devour the palaces of Ben
Hadad.
5 I will break the bar of Damascus,
and cut off the inhabitant from the
valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from
the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into
captivity to Kir,” says Yahweh.
6 Yahweh 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;
7 but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,
and it will devour its palaces.
8 I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,
and him who holds the scepter from
Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron;
and the remnant of the Philistines will
perish,” says the Lord‡ Yahweh.
9 Yahweh 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;
10 but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre,
and it will devour its palaces.”
11 Yahweh 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;
12 but I will send a fire on Teman,
and it will devour the palaces of
Bozrah.”
13 Yahweh 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.
14 But 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;
15 and their king will go into captivity,
he and his princes together,” says Yahweh.