1 The words of Amos, one of the sheep breeders from Tekoa — what he saw about 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: The LORD will roar from Zion and raise his voice from Jerusalem; the shepherds' meadows will mourn, and the summit of Carmel will wither.
3 Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn it back, because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges.
4 So I will send fire on the house of Hazael, and it will eat up the strongholds of Ben-hadad.
5 I will shatter the bar of Damascus's gate; I will cut off the ruler who sits in the Valley of Aven and the one who wields the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Syria will be carried away captive to Kir, says the LORD.
6 Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn it back, because they took into exile an entire population and handed them over to Edom.
7 So I will send fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will eat up her strongholds.
8 From Ashdod I will cut off the one who sits enthroned, and from Ashkelon the one who wields the scepter; I will turn my hand against Ekron, and what is left of the Philistines will perish, says the Lord GOD.
9 Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not turn it back, because they handed an entire population over to Edom, with no thought for the covenant between brothers.
10 So I will send fire on the wall of Tyre, and it will eat up her strongholds.
11 Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn it back, because he chased his brother with the sword and smothered his compassion; his anger kept on tearing, and his fury he nursed forever.
12 So I will send fire on Teman, and it will eat up the strongholds of Bozrah.
13 Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn it back, because they tore open Gilead's women with child in order to push out their own borders.
14 So I will set fire to the wall of Rabbah, and it will eat up her strongholds, while the war cry goes up on the day of battle and the storm rages on the day of the whirlwind.
15 Their king will go into captivity, he along with his officials, says the LORD.